Ch. 15 Road to Civil War

364876845	Missouri	Admitted as a slave state.
364876846	Maine	Admitted as a free state.
364876847	Roger B. Taney	Justice ruling in the Dred Scott case.
364876848	fugitives	runaway slaves
364876849	secede	To leave the Union.
364876850	April 12, 1861	The day the Civil War begins.
364876851	36 degrees, 30' N latitude	The boundary line of slavery established in the Missouri Compromise.
364876852	popular sovereignty	Allowing "the People" decide by voting.
364876853	Kansas	Territory open to allowing slavery.
364876854	John Brown	Violent abolitionist who was sentenced to hang.
364876855	martyr	A person who dies for a cause.
364876856	Stephen Douglas	"The Little Giant"
364876857	abstain	Not casting a vote.
364876858	February 4, 1861	The day the Confederate States of America were formed.
364876859	slavery	The main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
364876860	sectionalism	Exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country.
364876861	Missouri Compromise	This plan preserved the balance between slave and free states in the US Senate.
364876862	Fugitive Slave Act	This law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.
364876863	border ruffians	People from Missouri who traveled in armed groups to cross the border and vote in the elections in Kansas.
364876864	Kansas	Rival proslavery and antislavery governments existed in this territory.
364876865	Civil War	A war between citizens of the same country.
364876866	Republican	Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers joined together to form this political party.
364876867	The Dred Scott case	This ruling meant that the US Constitution protected slavery.
364876868	House	Lincoln said "A ________ divided against itself cannot stand."
364876869	Rallying point for abolitionists	John Brown's execution/hanging.
364876870	South Carolina	The first state to secede from the Union.
364876871	states' rights	Theory used by southern states to justify secession.
364876872	Jefferson Davis	First President of the Confederate States of America.
364876873	Attack on Ft. Sumter	The event marked the beginning of the Civil War.
364876874	The Compromise of 1850	Fugitive Slave Act, border dispute settled in favor of New Mexico, No restriction on slavery in New Mexico, California admitted as a free state, and slave trade abolished in Washington, DC.
364876875	Henry Clay	Proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
364876876	Free Soil Party	Political party opposed to slavery; supported the Wilmot Priviso.
364876877	Wilmot Proviso	Determined that slavery would not be permitted in any territories received from the War with Mexico.
364876878	Harriet Beecher Stowe	Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
364876879	Dred Scott	A slave who sued to gain his freedom.
365523136	John C. Calhoun	Senator from SC who suggested that neither Congress or a territorial government could ban or regulate slavery.
365523137	Kansas-Nebraska Act	It repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed citizens of new territories to decide whether or not to allow slavery.
365523138	Confederacy	A new nation formed by the seceding proslavery states in the south.
365523139	James Buchanan	Elected the 15th President of the US in 1856.
365523140	Abraham Lincoln	Elected the 16th President of the US in 1860.
365523141	Freeport Doctrine	The idea that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws protectiong slaveholder's rights.
365523142	arsenal	A storage place for weapons and ammunition.
365523143	Abner Doubleday	Union leader who witnessed the Confederate attack from inside Ft. Sumter; credited with inventing the game of baseball.
365523144	Brooks-Sumner incident	A personal attack on the floor of the Senate resulting from political disagreements over slavery.
365523145	March 4, 1861	Inauguration Day for Abraham Lincoln.