Chapter 2: Pre-Civil war

A pride for one’s country

Nationalism

This made Maine a Free State, and Missouri a slave state

Missouri Compromise

A state could decide to not follow a Federal Law if unconstitutional

Nullification

When a person believed that the U.S. should reach Cail

Expansionist

a predestined right for the U.S. to expand to the Pacific

Manifest Destiny

Freedom of the state to choose to be free or slave.

Popular Sovereignty

All new states acquired by the Mexican-American War will be free

Wilmot Proviso

A group of Abolitionists who want to prevent slavery from going west

Free Soil Party 

1. Temporary Peace between North and South

2. California becomes a Free state

3. Removes the slave trade from Washington, D.C.

Compromise of 1850 

Northerners must return any Runaway slaves to their plantations in the South

Fugitive Slave Act 

Underground Rail Road

Secret pathway for runaway slaves seeking freedom in the North, through a series of homes and Businesses

What is “Bleeding Kansas”?

Violence breaks out in the state of Kansas between pro- and anti slavery folks seekung to control the state (Burned bown Lawreenville)

Who was I was a runaway slave who was taken to both Illinois and Wisconsin by my owner Dr. Emmerson.
After Dr. Emmerson died, I was still held by Mrs. Emmerson and attempted to sue her, since I was a free man, this did not work out for me. I was told that I was Mrs. Emmerson's property.

Dread Scott + case

I am an advocate for anti-slavery. I wrote a newspaper entitled The Liberator.

William Loyd Garrison

Concussion in the senate is what you might think of when you hear my name. I was a northern congressman, accused of assaulting a southern senator. I sure learned my lesson when I was beaten with a cane. _

Charles Summer

I became so aggravated to find that a northern senator assaulted my cousin. Even though I beat a northern congressman to the brink of death, I was hailed a hero upon my return home to the south.

Preston Brookes

I am responsible for penning the Compromise of 1850. I also worked diligently to keep peace between the Northern and Southern congressmen during our meetings. I am not a fan of Andrew
Jackson

Henry Clay

I am a chief justice for the Supreme Court. I presided over an important case during this time in Maryland, which changed the view on slavery. I truly believed that slaves were property and the plantation owners had power over them. _

Rodger Taney

I wrote a famous book which exposed the evils of slavery to the north in which they had never seen before. My dad was a reverend and we both believed that slavery was immoral and wrong.

Harriet Becher Stowe

. I served as an African American train conductor on the underground RR. I had lead many slaves north with the guidance of a lantern. _

Harriet Tubman

Who advocacy for states' rights, particularly the doctrine of nullification, asserted that states could void federal laws they deemed unconstitutional

John Calhoun 

________traveled throughout the country and gave speeches at abolitionist meetings. He also edited the abolitionist newspaper North Star. He believed that African Americans should not only get freedom, but also get equal rights with whites.

frederick douglass

his pivotal role in the debates over slavery, most notably the

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which he sponsored to settle the issue of slavery in the new territories through popular sovereignty

stephen douglas

an important figure in the abolitionist movement, known for his militant approach to ending slavery through violence and his role in escalating the national conflict that led to the Civil War. His actions, including the 1856 Pottawatomie massacre and the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, made him a martyr to some but a dangerous radical to others, deepening the sectional animosity between the North and South

John Brown