APUSH Unit 5

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

(1831 Antebellum Period) Slave uprising in Virginia led by Nat Turner. Signified fear of rebellion and harsher slave laws

American Colonization Society

(1816 Antebellum Period) Group promoting relocation of freed slaves to Africa. Signified limited opposition to slavery

The Liberator

(1831 Abolitionist Movement) Anti slavery newspaper by William Lloyd Garrison. Signified radical abolitionism

American Anti Slavery Society

(1833 Abolitionist Movement) Organization promoting immediate abolition. Signified organized reform movement

Gag Rule

(1836–1844 Antebellum Period) Congressional rule blocking slavery debate. Signified suppression of antislavery speech

William Lloyd Garrison

(1830s Abolitionist Movement) Radical abolitionist leader. Signified moral crusade against slavery

Sojourner Truth

(1840s Abolitionist Movement) Former slave and women’s rights activist. Signified intersection of abolition and feminism

Frederick Douglass

(1840s Abolitionist Movement) Former slave and abolitionist leader. Signified powerful Black activism

Manifest Destiny

(1840s Expansion Era) Belief US should expand across continent. Signified justification for westward expansion

California Bear Flag Republic

(1846 Mexican War) Short lived rebellion in California. Signified US expansionism

Wilmot Proviso

(1846) Proposal banning slavery in new territories. Signified sectional conflict escalation

Free Soil Party

(1848) Political party opposing expansion of slavery. Signified growing antislavery politics

Underground Railroad

(1800s Antebellum Period) Secret network helping slaves escape. Signified resistance to slavery

Seventh of March Speech

(1850) Daniel Webster speech supporting compromise. Signified attempt to preserve Union

Compromise of 1850

(1850) Series of laws balancing free and slave states. Signified temporary sectional peace

Ostend Manifesto

(1854) Proposal to acquire Cuba for slavery expansion. Signified Southern expansionist goals

Kansas Nebraska Act

(1854) Law allowing popular sovereignty in territories. Signified collapse of Missouri Compromise

Republican Party

(1854) Anti slavery political party. Signified rise of sectional politics

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

(1852) Novel exposing brutality of slavery. Signified Northern anti slavery sentiment

Bleeding Kansas

(1854–1856) Violence over slavery in Kansas. Signified breakdown of compromise

Dred Scott v Sandford

(1857) Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship to African Americans. Signified deepening sectional crisis

Lincoln Douglas Debates

(1858) Debates over slavery expansion. Signified national political focus on slavery

Election of 1860

(1860) Election of Abraham Lincoln leading to Southern secession. Signified collapse of national unity

Crittenden Compromise

(1860) Proposal to prevent Civil War by protecting slavery. Signified failed compromise attempt

Brooks Sumner Incident

(1856) Violent attack in Congress over slavery tensions. Signified rising sectional violence

Stephen A Douglas

(1850s) Senator advocating popular sovereignty. Signified attempt to balance sectional conflict