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Lincoln & Secession

TermDefinition
A political party founded in 1854 that wanted to stop the spread of slavery into new territories.
Roger B. Taney The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
John C. Frémont The first Republican candidate for president in the election of 1856. He opposed the spread of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln The 16th President of the United States. His election in 1860 led several Southern states to secede from the Union.
James Buchanan The 15th President of the United States. He was president just before the Civil War and struggled to keep the country together.
Harpers Ferry The site of John Brown's raid in 1859, where he tried to start a slave rebellion by capturing a federal arsenal.
Dred Scott v. Sandford An 1857 Supreme Court case that ruled enslaved people were not U.S. citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Whig Party A political party that opposed President Andrew Jackson. It eventually broke apart because its members disagreed about slavery.
Confederate States of America The new nation formed by 11 Southern states after they seceded from the United States in 1861.
Secede To leave or withdraw from a country or union.
Jefferson Davis The first and only president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Platform The official beliefs, goals, and plans of a political party.
Crittenden Compromise A plan proposed in 1860 that tried to prevent the Civil War by protecting slavery in the South. Congress did not approve it.
States' Rights The belief that state governments should have more power than the federal government, especially when making decisions about issues like slavery.
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