US history unit 1

an abolitionist who used violenceto end slavery

Uncle Toms Cabin

novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe Showing the horror of slavery

Manifest destiny

Belief that the us should move westward

Fugitive slave act

People moving slaves back south

Popular sovereignty

Voting over slavery

Compromise of 1850

Law that avoided division between north and south

Compromise of 1820

Cant spread north

Harriet Tubman

Former slave that helped the slaves escape

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Divide Nebraska so people can vote over slavery

Bleeding Kansas

Violence between pro and anti slavery

Secede

To move away

Sectionalism

Difference between north and south

Underground Railroad

Secret network of people who helped slaves escape south

Abolitionist

A person who wanted to end slavery

Republican Party

Party that opposed slavery

Dred Scott court case

Missouri Slave sued for freedom

Abraham Lincoln

Republican who opposed slavery and did not want slavery moving west

Exposition