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Civil War Build Up

TermDefinition
Popular Sovereignty In which the people decide an issue by voting on it
Fugitive Slave Act (original) any enslaved person who escaped to the North was not considered free and had to be returned to the South
Fugitive Slave Act (strengthened) greater penalties imposed on runaway slaves and those who helped them, federal marshals could force ordinary citizens to help them capture runaway slaves, fugitives were denied the right to a trial by jury
Segregation The separation of people based on race
Secession the act of formally withdrawing in order to become independent
Confederacy the 11 southern states that seceded from the Union to form their own nation. Also known as the Confederate States of America.
Roger Taney Supreme Court Chief Justice - made the final ruling in the Dred Scott Decision (enslaved people had no legal rights / Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional)
Dred Scott Enslaved man who sued for his freedom - court case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, resulting in a deepened divide between the North and the South
John Brown Militant (extremist) abolitionist who murdered proslavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek and led the raid on Harpers Ferry
Abraham Lincoln Elected March 4th, 1861. 16th President of the United States. Republican nominee, abolitionist. Former member of the Illinois state assembly and the US House of Representatives.
Republican Party founded in 1854, political party dedicated to fighting the expansion of slavery - nominated Lincoln for the 1860 Presidential Election
Southern Democratic Party A pro-slavery party that nominated John Breckinridge of Kentucky for the 1860 Presidential Election
Constitutional Union Party Appealed to people who believed that preserving the Union / protecting the Constitution outweighed concerns about slavery - nominated John Bell for 1860 election
Northern Democratic Party Couldn't agree with the southern faction - Northern dems were not as pro-slavery as the Southern dems. Nominated Stephen Douglas of Illinois for the 1860 Presidential Election
Bleeding Kansas In which John Brown + followers attacked a proslavery settlement following the burning of Lawrence, Kansas. Violence reached all the way to Washington, DC.
Harpers Ferry Raid Raid on a federal arsenal and rifle-manufacturing plant led by John Brown to try to trigger a slave revolt and create an army of emancipation that would free slaves across the South
Election of 1860 Won by Lincoln - 40% of the popular vote and 60% of the electoral vote. His win did not represent the southern votes (did not win a single southern state)
Fort Sumter Fort in South Carolina that was under threat from Confederate forces. Confederacy bombarded them when the Union troops didn't leave - official start of the Civil War.
Dred Scott Decision Supreme court ruling in 1857 that stated Dred Scott should remain enslaved, asserted that enslaved people / African Americans were not citizens, and did not have the right to legal proceedings
Abolitionist A person who wants to end slavery
Ostend Manifesto proposal in which wealthy plantation owners tried to convince the US to acquire Cuba from Spain as a slave state, included that the island should be taken by force if necessary
Federal Marshals Law enforcers who worked for the US govt - job included capturing runaway slaves
Kansas-Nebraska Act Caused "Bleeding Kansas" - called for Kansas and Nebraska to become states, repealed the Missouri Compromise, and stated slavery would be determined by popular sovereignty
Jefferson Davis Mississippi Senator who became temporary president of the Confederacy - placed the blame of secession on the Union
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