Countdown to the Civil War

Pregunta	Respuesta
Popular Sovereignty	Letting the people in a state vote to see if they will be a free state or a slave state.
Missouri Compromise	Maintained balance of power in Congress by admitting Missouri (slave) and Maine (free), banned slavery north of latitude 36º30’
Union	The Northern states and those that did not secede from the US
Confederacy	The rebel nation composed of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the US
Fugitive Slave Law	Federal laws passed that enforced penalties for those who helped slaves escape
Sectionalism	loyalty to a state or region rather than to the whole country
Dred Scott Case	Opinion states that black people, whether free or enslaved, are not American citizens
Border Ruffians	Pro-slavery activists who went into Kansas to vote to make it a slave state
Kansas-Nebraska Act	Established popular sovereignty in 2 states
Bleeding Kansas	Battles between anti and pro-slavery forces in Kansas due to popular sovereignty
Civil War	War between citizens of the same nation
Abolitionist	Someone who wants to ban slavery
John Brown	An abolitionist who fought in Virginia and Kansas to combat pro-slavery forces
Martyr	Someone who fights and dies for a noble political cause, such as abolition of slavery
Secede	To formally exit or leave a political union
Underground Railroad	Network of routes that help slaves escape to freedom in the North
Election of 1860	Abraham Lincoln is elected, he is anti-slavery, causes Confederacy to form after secession
Harpers Ferry	John Brown raids a US military armory, attempts to inspire a slave revolt, and is then sentenced to death for treason
Free-Soiler	Someone who is against the expansion of slavery into the West
Compromise of 1850	California is admitted as a free state, but other western territories are open to slavery
Stephen Douglas	Debates Lincoln, his rival, and wants popular sovereignty
Charles Sumner	Senator from Massachusetts opposed the expansion of slavery to Kansas and was beaten by Preston Brooks
Preston Brooks	Member of the House from South Carolina. Cousins with Andrew Butler and he beat Charles Sumner with a cain
Abe Lincoln	Republican party's nominee and winner of the election of 1860. Opposed the expansion of slavery to the West.
Which was the first state to secede?	South Carolina
Jefferson Davis	President of the Confederate States of America
Republican in 1860	Most opposed the expansion of slavery to the West and they also opposed re-opening the slave trade
Democrat in 1860	Most wanted popular sovereignty to decide if slavery should expand to the West

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