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Civil War Vocab
Causes of the Civil War Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Henry Clay | 1st Author of the Compromise of 1850. |
| Stephen Douglas | 2nd Author of the Compromise of 1850. |
| Stephen Douglas | Supported popular sovereignty. Ran against Lincoln. |
| John C. Calhoun | Did not support compromise of 1850. |
| Compromise of 1850 | Made when California applied for state hood. |
| Compromise of 1850 | Stopped slave trade in Washington D.C |
| Compromise of 1850 | Turned Mexican Cession into Utah and New Mexico, Popular Sovereignty would determine slavery. |
| Wilmot Proviso. | Idea to ban slavery in Mexican Cession. |
| Fugitive Slave Act. | Any free slave could be on trail to go back to plantation. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin. | Controversial book about slavery. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe. | Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
| James Buchanan. | Democrat, won presidential election in 1856. |
| David Scott Decision. | Slave sued for his freedom, slavery could spread anywhere in the U.S |
| Dred Scott vs Stanford. | Supreme court, ruled slaves propriety, not citizen, ruled Missouri compromise and popular sovereignty wrong. |
| Republican party. | Political party, formed to stop the spread of Slavery. Abolitionists, Free Soldiers, Northern Whigs. |
| Free soil party. | Formed as a result of the WIlmot Proviso, First party to oppose the spread of slavery. |
| Kansas Nebraska Act. | Repealed the Missouri Compromise, Popular sovereignty would settle slavery in Louisiana. |
| John Brown. | Abolitionist,Killed pro slavery supports in Nebraska, planned slave rebellion in the south. |
| Bleeding Kansas. | Mini civil war broke out due to Kansas Nebraska Act. |
| Charles Sumner. | Northern Senator that condemned the violence in Kansas. Hit with a cane. |
| Preston Brooks. | Southern Congress man Canes Charles Sumner. |
| John C. Fremont. | Republican, Presidential candidate in 1856. |
| Abraham Lincoln. | Republican, From Illinois, Opposed slavery, elected president 1860. |
| A house divided. | Lincolns famous speech about Union falling apart. Given during the Lincoln Douglas debates. |
| Lincoln Douglas Debates. | Seven Debates, Lincoln vs Douglass, competed for senate 1858. |
| Roger Taney. | Chief Justice of Supreme court in Dred Scott vs Sanford. |
| Election of 1860. | Lincoln becomes president, main issue spread of slavery. |
| Harper's Ferry. | US army arsenal, Virginia, John Brown raided. |
| Popular Sovereignty. | Idea that people vote on an issue. |
| Pottawatomie Creek Massacre. | John brown hacked five pro slavery supporters to death in Kansas. |