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American History chapter 15

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Sectionalism an exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
Fugitive a runaway slave
Secede to leave
Abstain not to do something, in this case, not to cast a vote
Henry Clay Speaker of the House in Kentucky
James Polk Democrat of Tennessee, wins election of 1844, pressed forward on acquiring Texas
Wilmot Provisio specified slavery be prohibited in any land acquired from Mexico
John C. Calhoun Senator of South Carolna
Zachary Taylor 1848 Whig presidential candidate
Free-Soil Party anti-slavery party
Martin Van Buren presidential candidate for Free- Soil Party
Stephen A. Douglas young senator from Illinois, took charge of efforts to resolve the crisis
Fugitive Slave Acts required all citizens to help catch runaways
popular sovereignty allowing the people to decide
border ruffians groups of Southerners who went up North to vote in the election
civil war a conflict between citizens of the same country
John Brown fervent abolitionist who believed God had chosen him to get rid of slavery
Charles Sumner abolitionist senator
Preston Brooks attacked Sumner by repeatedly bashing him over the head with a cane
Republican Party 1857- Antislavery Whigs and Democrats joined forces with Free-Soilers
John C. Fremont Republican Candidate- 1856
James Buchanan Democratic candidate- 1856
Dred Scott enslaved African American who moved to a free state in the hopes of being free
Roger B. Taney Chief Justice saying Dred Scott was still a slave
Abraham Lincoln 1858- Republican challenger of Stephen A. Douglas
Arsenal storage place for weapons and ammunition
Martyr a person who dies for a great cause
Secession withdrawal from the Union
John Crittenden proposed series of Ammendments to the Constitution
Confederate States of America South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia
Jefferson Davis President of Confiderate States of America
March 4, 1861 Lincoln becomes president
Fort Sumner a United States fort on an island guarding Charleston Harbor
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