Sectional Conflict Notes Flashcards
(32 cards)
Abolitionists
People against slavery
Free-Soil Party
They opposed the spread of slavery into western territories
Conscience Whigs
Northers opposed to slavery and families who have been pro abolition for a long time
Secession
The process of taking states out of the Union
The Wilmot Proviso
A proposal to prohibit slavery in territories acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War
David Wilmot
A Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from PA; proposed the Proviso
Southerners are upset…
…they profit off of slavery (agrarian)
Northerners are happy…
…they like abolition (industrial)
Popular Sovereignty
The idea that citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide if they want to permit slavery or not
Where did Popular Sovereignty happen?
Along a regional line, not a party line
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A book that changed Northern’s perception of African Americans and slavery as a whol
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A book that changed Northern’s perception of African Americans and slavery as a whol
Harriet Beecher Stowe
An American abolitionist and author who is best known for Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Many different _______ helped with the abolitionist movement.
people; races, genders, ages
Fugitive Slave Acts
Allowed for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or federal territory.
Who didn’t respect the Fugitive Slave Acts?
Free States, which further divided the country
The Underground Railroad
An informal but well-organized system that helped thousands of enslaved persons escape
The Kansas Nebraska Act
Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed popular sovereignty
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act cause?
A violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas”
“Bleeding Kansas”
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote for the Kansas-Nebraska Act. They began fighting, hence the name.
Harriet Tubman
An escaped enslaved person who was a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. She was also a nurse, a Union spy, and a women’s suffrage supporter.
“An American who fought for freedom”
Harriet Tubman
The Caning of Charles Sumner
On May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber, when Representative Preston Brooks (a pro slavery Democrat from SC) used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner (a pro abolition Republican from Mass)
Republicans: _____ Democrats: ____
Generally more pro abolition; generally more pro slavery
