Causes of the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

warned that a future Court ruling would prohibit states from banning slavery.

Bleeding Kansas

A big blood flight between proslavery and free- slave settlers. It helped decide the question of slavery in Kansas territory.

Compromise of 1850

California was able to enter the Union as a free state.

Confederate States of America

Guaranteed citizens the right to own slaves. Was separate from the United States of America.

Democrat Party

Northern stood for popular sovereignty, and southern stood for slavery being unrestricted.

Dred Scott v Sanford

Decade long fight for freedom by a slave, and he was deemed not a citizen and could not sue.

Fort Sumter

Was surrounded by Confederate States, and was the starting point of the Civil War.

Freeport Doctrine

Put the slavery question back in the hands of American citizens.

Fugitive Slave Law

It was a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway salves and levied harsher punishments for interfering.

Jefferson Davis

Was president of the Confederate States.

John Breckinridge

Vice president of Kentucky who supported slavery in the territories.

John Brown

Started a raid when he and his men took over the arsenal in Harpes Ferry Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion.

John Fremont

The republicans nominated this explorer as their candidate.

Kansas- Nebraska Act

Popular sovereignty allows settlers in the new territories to decide whether the new state could have slaves or be a free state.

Popular Soverighty

The idea that political power belongs to the people, who should decide on banning or allowing slavery.

Republican Party

A political party united against the spread of slavery in the West.

Roger B Taney

Chief justice who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case.

Secede

formally withdraw.

Sectionalism

Favoring the interests of one’s section over the interests of the entire country.

Stephen Douglas

Supported the idea building a railroad to the Pacific Ocean.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Antislavery novel.

Succession of States

the election of 1860 caused 7 states to leave the union.

North

Abolitionist, industrialization/ factories/ businesses, tariffs to help businesses, cities/immigrants seek jobs in factories, against slavery, and school/education.

South

Plantations/ farm, agriculture, slaves as workers, opposed tariffs, plantation owners thrived, and education was not prioritized.

Who were some of the most prominent abolitionists?

Harriet Tubman, Sarah and Angeline Grimke, Sojourner Truth, Robert Finley, Fredrick Douglass, Lucretia Mott.

Harriet Tubman

Famous conductor of the Underground Railroads. led over 300 slaves to freedom.

Sarah and Angeline Grimke

Slave holder (parents) but disagreed. American slavery as it is essay.

Sojourner Truth

former slave. God called her to travel through US to preach.

Robert Finley

founded the colony libera.

Fredrick Douglass

escaped at 20. wrote to show injustices about slavery.

Lucretia Mott

she founded the Philadelphia female anti- slavery society. was few of the organizations that had both white and black members.

Life for the Slaves

Plantations, butlers, cooks, and nurses. Was hard and tiring, little time for their own activities, and praised the Lord in belief he would set them free. Family was the most important thing, passing down stories, and religion (God). They rebelled, escaping, and running away.