| A | B |
|---|
| Three-fifths Compromis | constitutional provision for counting slaves |
| Compromise of 1850 | California could enter Union free |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Slaves must be returned to the South even if they somehow made it to a free state |
| Dred Scott Decision | Supreme Court declared slaves have no rights |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates | focused the 1858 senate race on slaverys |
| Election of Abraham Lincoln | Last straw for Southerners |
| Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill | Sent thousands of Americans to California and caused a demand for statehood |
| Missouri Compromise | another attempt to resolve slave question by allowing one state to enter free and another to enter as a slave state |
| Wilmot Proviso | negotiated settlement to Mexican War, assuring the new territory would yield only free states |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Nullified Compromise of 1850 and led to bloodshed |
| War with Mexico | fed land hunger and practiced war as a means to resolve conflict |
| Annexation of Texas | strained previous compromises and permitted another slave state to enter union |
| Elijah Lovehoy | killed when proslavery forces attacked his abolitionist newspaper |
| John Brown | radical anti-slavery militant who led unsuccessful slave revolt |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | made slavery seem real and personal |
| Oregon Territory | another stain on fragile compromisies, fed land hunger |
| States' Rights | Philosophy supporting secession |
| Secession | States leave the union when they choose |
| Harriet Tubman | Escaped slave called Moses for leading so many slaves to freedom |
| Underground Railroad | Secret means of escaping slavery |
| Eli Whitney's Cotton 'Gin | Mechanical method of producing more cotton more efficiently, increased the need for slaves in South |
