APUSH CHAPTER 18 notes

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe, sparked the Civil War, banned in the South

The Impending Crisis of the South

Book by Hinton R. Helper, argued nonslaveholding whites suffered most, banned in the South

Bleeding Kansas

Conflict between Free Soilers and Proslavery advocates, led to divided governments and constitutions

Lecompton Constitution

Kansas constitution from proslavery advocates, divided Kansas and Congress due to corrupt votes

Brooks/Sumner Clash

Brooks beat Sumner unconscious in Congress with a cane after taunting

Dred Scott Decision

Supreme Court ruled black slaves as property, no citizenship, and slavery allowed in all states

Panic of 1857

Economic downturn with inflated currency, Crimean war, and grain scarcity

Harpers Ferry

John Brown's raid to spark a slave revolution, ended in his execution

1860 Election

Lincoln won, sparking outrage and leading to the Civil War

Government of the Confederacy

New capital in Montgomery, Jefferson Davis led the Confederate States of America

Crittenden Compromise

Failed amendments allowing slavery past 36°30', rejected by Lincoln

Reasons for Secession

Opportunity to break free from Northern influence and trade directly with Europe

Lincoln's Resume

Lost Illinois governor race, won the presidency in 1860

Republican Party platform

Formed by antislavery whigs, democrats, and free soilers after the Kansas-Nebraska Act