Dough face: Northern presidents that supported slavery: Buchanan and Franklin Pierce
Confederate States: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia
Border states In 1860: states that had slavery but stayed in the union Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri
Union states: Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon.
Kansas territory: Kansas Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed Kansas to have popular sovereignty. This act caused Kansas to become a battleground between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery.
House divided speech: Abraham Lincoln spoke about how the country was divided and the only way it would be solved was war. The speech was given during his debate agaisnt
Cridditen compromise: Tries to recreate the Missouri Compromise to stop a civil war. But the North doesn't want slavery at all no matter what, so the law isn't passed.
Dredd Scott Case: Case where the government ruled that whether slave or free had no rights.
Wilmot Proviso: Congressional proposal that prohibited extension of slavery into new territories like Utah and New Mexico.
Secession: the act of Withdrawing from a country
Compromise 1850: Compromise that temporarily resolved disputes between slavery in the new territories like
Popular sovereignty: Self-government for a territory and choosing whether they want slavery or not
Stephen Douglas:
He wanted to be president and needed support in the South to do so. He also wanted support to build the northern route, so he decided to open the Kansas-Nebraska territory to popular sovereignty.
Fugitive Slave Act: Under the fugitive slave act, runaways weren't entitled to a trial and they couldn't testify on their own behalf.
Underground Railroad: A network where free African Americans and white abolitionists would aid fugitive slaves in their escape.
Harriet Tubman: One of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad who helped 300 slaves flee to freedom.
Harriet Beecher Stow: A white abolitionist who published Uncle toms Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin: A bestselling book that sheds light on the struggles of slavery. Northerners increased their protests while Southerners criticized the story.
Kansas-Nebraska Act: Law led by Stephen Douglas would repeal the compromise of 1850 and allow Kansas and Nebraska to have popular sovereignty.
John Brown: An extremist abolitionist who killed five pro-slavery men and caused the Kansas bleeding.
Bleeding Kansas: A battle between pro and anti-slavery settlers, where 200 people were killed.
Charles Sumner: Massachusetts representative senator who spoke against the Kansas-Kansas-Nebraska Act and wanted Kansas as a free state. He was also beaten by Preston's books because of these views.
Preston Brooks: felt disrespected as a Southerner when Charles Sumner was talking bad about the South and supporting the Kansas-Nebraska Act. So he beat him with a cane.
Horace Greeley: One of the founders of the republican party who was opposed to the kansas nebraska act
Franklin Pierce: Democratic candidate who was president from 1853 to 1857. He also signed the Kansas Kansas-Nebraska Act and enforced the fugitive slave act.
Nativism: A society that favored native-born Americans over immigrants
Know-Nothing Party: Appeared in the early parts of the 1850s. The party was anti-immigrant in the northeastern United States.
Free-Soil Party: Advocated for free land, free soil, and anti-slavery. The representative candidate was Martin van Buren.
Republican Party: The Party was completely opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska Act but as a whole, the party had a wide range of opinions which allowed them to gain support from different groups.
John C. Fremont: Republican candidate in 1856 who lost to James Buchanan
James Buchanan: Democratic candidate who was also a British minister. He ended up winning the 1856 election for president.
Dred Scott: A slave from Missouri who pushed a lawsuit for his freedom. He did this because his owner passed away and he lived in free territory for several years.
Roger B. Taney: Supreme court chief who ruled on the dred scott case that slaves didnt have the rights of citizens and when he began the suit he was in a slave state.
Abraham Lincoln: republican canidate who ran agaisnt stephen douglas and won. He also had anti-slavery views.
Freeport Doctrine: Basically the people are the ones who decide the rules of a state
Raid on Harpers Ferry: A band of 21 black and white men raided a federal arsenal to free slaves and create a general slave uprising.
Election of 1860: Election that abraham lincoln won and the southern states seceded
Confederacy: Southern states that seceded and formed the confederate states which protected and recognized slavery.
Jefferson Davis: Former senator who was the president of the Confederate sates.
Firing on Fort Sumner: Battle where the Confederate states attacked the United States military garrison. No one was killed but this battle started the civil war.
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