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Missouri Compromise
def. Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state
sign. created a balance between free and slave states -
Tarrif of abominations
def. incresed the price of british goods
sign. forced southerners to buy northern goods, helped drive a wedge between jackson and his vice president -
Wilmot Provis
def. proposal to ban slavery in territory gained from mexico
sign. helped to increase sectional differences -
Free-soil party
def. people of all political parties who opposed slavery's spread
sign. formed by some northern whigs and democrats and members of a small antislavery party known as the liberty party, was a term for land on which slavery did not exist. -
Compromise of 1850
def. five laws based on clay's resolutions
sign. the senate debate over clay's resolution was one of the greatest in its history and it marked the end of an era of political leadership in congress -
Underground Railroad
def. an informal, constantly changing network of escape routes closer to free territory for slaves
sign. made harriet tubman a well known household name and freed many slaves successfully -
Fugitive Slave Act
def. made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves
sign. made northerners angry and began rescuing slaves and made southerner leaders talk of seceding from the union -
Fugitive slave act
def. made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves
sign. made northerners angry and began rescuing slaves and made southern leaders talk of seceding from the union -
uncle tom's cabin
def. a book by harriet beecher stowe that talks about the cruelty of slavery to africans
sign. it changed the way many americans viewed slavery and also started the war -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
def. a book by Harriet Beecher Stowe that talks about the cruelty of slavery to africans
sign. it changed the way many americans view slavery and also started the war -
Republican Party
def. new party called by the rally leaders, ex whigs, and ex free-soilers
sign. became a major political force in the u,s. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
def. repealed the missouri compromise of 1820, allowing popular sovereignty and the possibility of slavery
sign. caused a great number of northern democrats to quit the part and the whig party to have a serious division -
Sack of lawrence
def. pro-slavery group arrived in lawrence ready to arrest anti-slavery groups and destroyed much of the town
sign pro-slavery sherrif and about 800 men rode into lawrence to arrest them they destroyed the offices two anti-slavery newspapers burned the hotel and free-soil govener house -
the known-nothing party
def. a secret fraternal organization group
sign. reorganized themselves into a political party -
Pottawatomie massacre
def. a small group of abolonist led by John Brown murdered five pro-slavery men along the pottawatomie creek
sign. one of the most famous events leading up to the american civil war -
Dred Scott decision
def. dred scott, a slave, had sued for his freedom
sign. increased tension between the north and south -
lincoln-douglas debate
def. a series of seven debates between abraham lincoln and stephen douglas
sign. even though lincoln lost, the debate launched him into national prominence which led to his election as president -
Freeport Doctrine
def. douglas's reply to slavery in the second debate
sign. most critical of the seven, caused douglas to lose support of southern democrats -
Harpers ferry incident
def. john browns raid on the south confederacy
sign. the south feared other abolitionist were involved and made the confederate army better prepared for war -
the election of 1860
def. the election that brought abraham lincoln into the white house
sign. it is one of the most important presidential elections in american history -
south carolina secession
def. south carolina secedes from the union
sign. leds to one of the bloodiest wars in the nation's history -
formation of the confederate state of america
def. the new nation under the articles of confederation
sign. jefferson davis became the temporary president -
Fort Sumter
def. confederate guns fired on fort sumter and the civil war began
sign. tore the nation apart and changed the course of american history
