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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Toms Cabin was a story that Harriet Stowe wrote so that the Northerns could have a better understanding of the realities of slavery. And also shared her ideas of injustices of slavery But this story actually made it worse because they thought that her story was untrue false information. -
Bloody Kansas
Was a border war on Kansas Missouri border, was a war concerning groups of people that had strong beliefs about slavery, those people were pro-slavery, abolitionists, and free staters. -
Republican Party
The republican party was formed to combat the Kansas- Nebraska Act and opposed the new states in the west becoming slave states. They stopped the expansion of slavery into American territories. -
Brooks- Sumner Incident
Sumner opposed the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act and abhorred the resulting literal and figurative battleground that was Bleeding Kansas as it struggled with whether it would become a free or slave state. He was hated by many. Brooks attacked Sumner with a cane. Brooks later became a hero in the South, and Sumner was admired as a martyr in the North. When this incident happened the northerners believed that this proved how cruel slaveowners were. -
Election of 1856
The U.S. presidential election of 1856 was waged almost entirely on the issue of slavery, pitted as a struggle between democracy and aristocracy, and focusing specifically on Kansas. Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. Frémont. -
LeCompton Constitution
It was one of the four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas. It included parts to allow slavery in the state. It also had parts to not include free blacks from its bill of rights. This was also written by the proslavery people. The Lecompton constitution was rejected by the majority of voters in Kansas. -
Dred Scott
He was an African American who was from a free state and was fighting to become a citizen in a slave state because he was a free man in the other states -
Kansas Nebraska Act
It repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. it was some type of possibility that slavery could be extended to more territory. It also profounded political impact debate over the bill split. -
House Divided Speech
This was Abraham Lincoln's most important address in U.S. history when he accepted the Illinois Republican nomination for Senate. The speech marked his entrance into national politics at a time when the nation was profoundly at odds over slavery. In his speech, he argued if the US wanted to be a free country, we had to act now before it was too late to do anything. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
This caused the democratic party to split. it was an argument between lincoln and Douglas about the US senate. Slavery was the biggest slavery issue during this time. -
John Brown
He was an abolitionist, he was a leading figure in the pre-civil war. he believed in and advocated armed insurrection as the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. He believed that slavery was a horrible crime and putting an end to it would end all violence. -
Harper's Ferry
Harpers ferry was a target of an assault by an armed band of abominations led by John Brown. There were many hostages including slaves -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. There were two separate sectional campaigns that were in the north against Lincoln and Douglas and one in the south between Beckrinidge and Bell. -
Secession
why does it happen and what was the order.
eleven states in the Lower and Upper South severed their ties with the Union, established their own government. The first seven seceding states of the Lower South set up a provisional government at Montgomery, Alabama. This also led to the civil war. -
Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address
In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to interfere with the institution of slavery where it existed and pledged to suspend the activities of the federal government temporarily in areas of bitterness or hostility. Lincoln also mainly focused on sustaining support in the North, while attempting to have an allay in the South, where people not so much liked him.