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Causes of the Civil

TermDefinition
Henry Clay Co-author of the Compromise of 1850
Stephen Douglass Co-author of the Compromise of 1850; proposed the Kansas- Nebraska Act
John C. Calhoun Opposed the Compromise of 1850; predicted disunion.
Compromise of1850 Worked out when California applied for statehood
Compromise of 1850 Outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C
Compromise of 1850 Split Mexican Cession into Utah and New Mexico ; popular sovereignty would settle the question of slavery.
Wilmot Proviso Proposal to ban slavery in the Mexican Cession
Fugitive Slave Act Federal law that required northerners to assist in capturing runaway slaves
Uncle Tom's Cabin Fictional work used to portray the evils of slavery
Harriet Beecher Stowe Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
James Buchanan Democrat that won the presidential election in 1856
Dred Scott Decision Case involving a slave that sued for his freedom; ruled that slavery could spread anywhere in the US
Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Course case that ruled slaves were property, not citizens and that the Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty were unconstitutional.
Republican Party Political party that formed to stop the spread of slavery; made up of abolitionists, Free Soilers and northern Whigs.
Free Soil Party Formed as a result of Wilmot Proviso; first party that opposed the spread of slavery.
Kansas Nebraska Act Law that repealed the Missouri Compromise; decided that popular sovereignty would settle status of slavery in Louisiana
John Brown Abolitionist that had pro slavery people massacred Kansas; planned a slave rebellion in the south
Bleeding Kansas Reference to the mini-civil war that broke out as a result of the Kansas- Nebraska Act.
Charles Sumner Northern Senator that condemned the violence in Kansas and was beat with a cane.
Preston Brooks Southern Congressman that caned Charles Sumner for his remarks over Bleeding Kansas
John C. Fremont. Republican presidential candidate in 1856
Abraham Lincoln Republican from Illinois that opposed the expansion of slavery; elected president in1860
A House Divided Lincolns famous peak about the Union falling apart over the issue of slavery; given during the Lincoln Douglas debates.
Lincoln- Douglas Debates seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas as they ran for Senate in 1858; made Lincoln famous in the Republican Party.
Roger Taney Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Election of 1860 Presidential election in which four cadidates ran for president; main issue was over the spread of slavery; Republican Abraham Lincoln won and led to southern secession.
Harpers Ferry US army arsenal in Virginia that John Brown raided.
Popular Sovereignty the idea that people of a territory would vote on the issue of slavery.
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre When John Brown hacked five pro-slavery people to death in Bleeding Kansas.
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