The US as one country under one government. Later became the government and armies of just the North.
The Union
The withdrawing of an organization of alliance, like the Southern states withdrawal from the Union.
Secession
Someone who tries to escape or flee (in this case, from slavery)
Fugitive
The compromise of making Missouri a slave state, and Maine a free state. Also, a line was drawn across the Louisiana Territory saying slavery was only permitted south of that line.
Missouri Compromise
The compromise of making California a free state and the New Mexico and Utah territories open to slavery. Also, slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.
Compromise of 1850
The act of making Kansas and Nebraska Territories open to slavery.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Supreme Court decision in 1857 that ruled that slaves were property, not people, and Congress did not have the right to outlaw slavery in any territory.
The Dred Scott Decision
Harriet B. Stowe.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Southeners were not pleased, Northeners were fired up about it
Impact on Uncle Tom's Cabin
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglass, John C. Breckinridge, and John Bell
People who ran for president in 1860.
Northerners opposed because it would ruin balance of free and slave states
Southerners favored because there would be more slave states then free
Issue 1: Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state
Northerners favored because it would stop spread of slavery in Louisiana Territory
Southerners opposed because if Missouri were admitted as a free state, the North would have the votes in Congress to end slavery
Issue 2: The Tallmadge Amendment proposed the Missouri be admitted as a free state
Northerners were angered because they wanted Congress to outlaw slavery in the capital
Southerners were pleased because the South wanted no limitations placed on slavery
Issue 3: Abolitionists wanted to stop slavery in Washington D.C., but Congress refused to consider anti-slavery petitions
Northerners tolerated this practice because they felt slavery was wrong
Southerners condemned this practice because they felt a runaway slave was lost property
Issue 4: Some Northerners assisted fugitive slaves
Northerners favored this amendment because they wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into territories
Southerners opposed this amendment because they felt congress had no right to tell slaveholders where they could take their property
Issue 5: The Wilmot Proviso stated slavery would not be allowed in the Mexican Cession
Northerners favored admitting California as a free state because it would create more free states then slave ones
Southerners opposed admitting California as a free state because it would make the slave states a minority in Congress
Issue 6: California applied for admission as a free state
Northerners were dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because they were asked to help slave catchers
Southerners were dissatisfied with the way the law was enforced because Northerners refused to obey it.
Issue 7: The Fugitive Slave Law caused bitterness between the North and South
The book was popular in the North because it aroused powerful emotions against slavery
The book was unpopular in the South because it turned people against slavery
Issue 8: The book Uncle Tom's Cabin told the story of a slave and his master
Northerners were unhappy about the act because it overturned the Missouri compromise by allowing slavery over the 36, 30 line
Southerners were pleased about the act because they could take slaves into the Louisiana Territory
Issue 9: The Kansas-Nebraska act stated that the issue of slavery in those territories would be decided by popular sovereignty. Both pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces rushed to the territories to vote
Northerners probably believed he was free because he had lived in free territory
Southerners probably believed he was still a slave because they felt slave owners should have the right to take their slaves anywhere
Issue 10: The Dred Scott Case. Scott was a slave who believed his trip to Wisconsin made him a free man.
Lincoln representing the opinion of the North, felt slavery was a moral issue because he felt slavery was wrong
Douglass, representing the opinion of the South, felt slavery was a legal issue because he felt the slavery issue was settled through the Dred
Issue 11: During Lincoln-Douglass debates, positions regarding slavery were made clear
Some northerners upset southerners after Brown's raid because they considered Brown a hero
Southerners were fearful about Brown's raid because slave rebellions might spread throughout the South
Issue 12: John Brown attacked the arsenal at Harpers Ferry to get weapons for a slave rebellion
Northerners were happy about the election because Lincoln was opposed to the spread of slavery
Southerners were unhappy about the election because they had lost most of their political power
Issue 13: In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president