A | B |
Missouri Compromise | Missouri is a slave state, Maine is Free, New states N 36'30 all free |
Nat Turners Rebellion | Slaves raided and killed whites/ Caused stricter slaves codes |
Compromise of 1850 | California is free, People in territories of New Mexico and Utah get to vote on slavery |
Slave Fugitive Act | Northerner's must help return runaway slaves, but did not want to |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | A novel about how slaves struggle |
Kansas Nebraska Act | People in territories vote on slave issue |
Kansas is Bleeding | Anti-slavery and Pro-slavery people attack each other, 56 died, Attack in Congress |
Dred Scot Case | Supreme Court decide African Americans are not citizens, can't sue in court |
Lincoln's 1860 Presidential Election Win | South Carolina secedes |
Fort Sumner | Confederates attack and the US federal soldiers surrender |
Secede | To leave, separate from the nation |
Confederates | Southerners that seceded |
Slavery | Forced labor, no freedom or rights |
Cotton | Major cash crop in the south |
Lincoln Douglass Debate | People learn about Lincolns slavery views all throughout nation |