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| 11885659857 | Harriet Beecher Stowe/Uncle Tom's Cabin | This book was written with the goal to awaken to North to the wickedness of slavery. It exposed the inhumanity and horrors of families being split. It used powerful imagery and strong pathos. The book became very popular and was translated into more languages. | 0 | |
| 11885659858 | Hinton Helper/The Impending Crisis of the South | Written by a non-aristocratic white, this book was an attempt to prove that non-slaveholding whites suffered the most from slavery. This book was banned in the South but became very popular in the North and was used in campaigning for Republicans. | 1 | |
| 11885659859 | New England Emigrant Aid Company | Abolitionists and Free-Soilers made this antislavery organization that sent 2000 people to Kansas to forestall the South and the make a profit. | 2 | |
| 11885659860 | Beecher's Bibles | In Kansas people (New England Emigrant Aid Company) carried breech loading Sharps rifles. They were named after Henry Ward Beecher because he helped to raise money for their cause. (1854) | 3 | |
| 11885659861 | Border Ruffians | These pro-slavery people came in to elect member of the territorial legislature in 1855. They triumphed and set up the Shawnee government which in turn caused abolitionists to make their own government. | 4 | |
| 11885659862 | John Brown | Abolitionist "Old Brown" led people to Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas that flared Civil War. (1800-1859) | 5 | |
| 11885659863 | Pottawatomie Creek | Led by John Brown, he led a band of followers to this creek and hacked 5 pro-slavery people to pieces in May of 1856. This sparked Civil War. | 6 | |
| 11885659864 | Lecompton Constitution | Devised by pro-slavery forces, this document stated that either the Constitution was "with slavery" or "without slavery." Whatever the outcome, they made it so there would still be slaves in Kansas. Their trickery caused the Free-Soilers to become angry and they began boycotts. | 7 | |
| 11885659865 | Charles Sumner | Senator of Massachusetts, he gave "The Crime Against Kansas" abolitionist speech in 1856. He condemned pro-slavery men and was beaten by Brooks with a cane. | 8 | |
| 11885659866 | Preston Brooks | A South Carolinian Congressman, he pounded Sumner with a cane during one of his speeches in 1856. He was put in the wrong by many people but got reelected. | 9 | |
| 11885659867 | James Buchanan | A Pennsylvanian lawyer, he was relatively enemy-less. Aka "Old Buck," he was a mediocre Democrat. | 10 | |
| 11885659868 | John C. Fremont | The captain "Pathfinder," he was without political experience and was not tarred down with the Kansas crap. (Republican). | 11 | |
| 11885659869 | The American Party | "Nativists" and the "Know-Nothing" Party were very secretive. They nominated Fillmore in 1856 and wanted to cut off the Republican's power. | 12 | |
| 11885659870 | Dred Scott | He was a slave that lived in Illinois with his master. When his master died, he sued his master's wife because he wanted to be free since he lived in a free state. The court ruled him to be a slave since he was property. | 13 | |
| 11885659871 | Roger B. Taney | Chief Justice in Maryland, he referred to the 5th amendment in the Dred Scott case that a slave was property. He ruled the case unconstitutional since property can't sue or have a right to trial by jury. | 14 | |
| 11885659872 | Tariff of 1857 | Congress reduced dutiable goods by 20% in 1857. This was the lowest tariff since 1812. This caused the Treasury's surplus to melt away. | 15 | |
| 11885659873 | Abraham Lincoln | A Springfield lawyer (Republican) and 1860 candidate. Won the 1860 election. He relied on logic with his campaigns rather than "political magic." | 16 | |
| 11885659874 | Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Lincoln challenged Douglas to these debates from August to October of 1858. Lincoln emerged as a Presidential candidate. | 17 | |
| 11885659875 | Freeport Doctrine | This was Douglas's reply to Lincoln that said that no matter how the Supreme Court ruled, slavery would stay down if the people voted it down. Douglas got the Senate seat. | 18 | |
| 11885659876 | Harper's Ferry | John Brown had planned his attack here in October 1859. He was to seize the federal arsenal and have slaves rise and support his rebellion. His plan failed though because the slaves failed to rise and he was captured by Marines. | 19 | |
| 11885659877 | John C. Breckenridge | A moderate from Kentucky, this Southern Democrat was chosen because the Southern Democrats were angry that the Northern Democrats had chosen Douglas. | 20 | |
| 11885659878 | John Bell | From Tennessee, he was nominated by former Whigs and Know Nothings in 1860 and he wanted to follow the Constitution. | 21 | |
| 11885659879 | Secession | Around 1861 the South wanted to secede from the Union after Lincoln's election. So the Southern states met and created the Confederate States of America. | 22 | |
| 11885659880 | Jefferson Davis | He was chosen to be the President of the Confederate States of America. He had a wide variety of military and administrative experience. | 23 | |
| 11885659881 | Crittendon Compromise | James Henry Crittenden designed this to appease the South. It stated that slavery would be prohibited North of the 36 30 line and that any future states (no matter location) would be able to choose whether they want slavery or not. | 24 |
