Sectionalism Flashcards
president of the United States at the outset of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
the attack here marked the official beginning of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
he was forced to return to a life of slavery after living in a free territory with his master
Dred Scott
he was president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
people who rushed to California in pursuit of gold
forty-niners
term meaning residents of a state determine what happens in that state
popular sovereignty
required everyone to return escaped slaves to their owners
Fugitive Slave Act
it increased Northern opposition to slavery
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
a network of “stops” to help slaves escape to Canada
Underground Railroad
it determined that African Americans were not citizens and therefore did not have the rights of citizenship
Dred Scott v. Sandford
this territory was given an unfortunate nickname for the physical violence it had over slavery
Bleeding Kansas
Fort Sumter represented this side in the Civil War
Union
he led abolitionists in Bleeding Kansas and became a martyr for the movement after a failed attack on an arsenal in VA
John Brown
he didn’t appear on the ballots of many southern states because it was believed he would abolish slavery
Abraham Lincoln
