Chapter 15 Flashcards
(20 cards)
political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
free-soil party
Illinois senator who backed the Compromise of 1850
Stephen A. Douglas
series of laws intended to settle major disagreements between free and slave states
Compromise of 1850
1850 law meant to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
abolitionist; author or Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that showed slavery as brutal and immoral
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
petty quarreling
bickering
political party formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery
Republican Party
Republican presidential candidate in 1856
John C. Frémont
Democratic presidential candidate in 1856
James Buchanan
1856 Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom; the court ruled against Scott
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Illinois Republican who ran against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858
Abraham Lincoln
federal Arsenal in Virginia; captured in 1859 during an antislavery revolt
Harpers Ferry
confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union
Confederate States of America
first president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
compromise introduced in 1861 that might have prevented secession
Crittenden Compromise
statement of beliefs
platform
to withdraw
secede
1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
