pre-civil war

what makes emancipation impossible in the south

they were rely on slaves to harvest cotton

how did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the US

The idea that political power belongs to the people so if the people want slavery, they get slave slavery

wil-proviso was proposed by Congress to do what

It says what is slavery states and what is not

what was the consequence of the compromise of 1850?

it caused the compromise outlaw the slave trade in district of Columbia and established a new figurative slave census

Northern there as opposed the figurative slave act because it

Made it a crime to help runaway slaves, and free areas

what did the Kansas Nebraska act do

It divided the remainder of Louisiana and allow the people on each territory to decide on the questions of slavery

how did Harriet Beecher Stowe with uncle Tom’s cabin influenced the debate over slavery

She influenced a debate over slavery by making a book that showed northerners the reality of slavery

May 24, 1856 five pro slavery men were killed and what is known as

Pottawatomie Massacre

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott versus Stanford established what

missouri prohibited slavery

chief Justice argued that Congress could not prohibit slavery because

Slaves are property

at Harper‘s ferry John Brown was attempting to do what

Doing a rebellion seized and got weapons

why was Harper’s ferry a failure?

people were killed by John Brown’s raid

slaves who sued for freedom court after living free in northern territory

Dred Scott

allow photos to decide to ban or permit slavery in a new territory

popular sovereignty

elected president of the Confederate states of America

Jefferson Davis

how did the sack of Lawrence Park violence in the US Senate?

Tensions were already high, and then the violence increased to make it higher