Ss Ch 15 & 16

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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stated that "Christian men who passed the - Compromise of 1850- cannot know what slavery is."

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

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"Uncle Tom's Cabin"

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a novel that portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral.

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John Brown

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an extreme abolitionist

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Fugitive Slave Act

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An 1850 law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves

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Popular Sovereignty

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A system where the residents vote to decide an issue

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John Brown

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He and 7 other men murdered 5 proslavery neighbors - attack was known as the Pottawatomie Massacre

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Pottawatomie Massacre

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an attack by John Brown and 7 others to took place near a creek where the victims were found

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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A bill that repealed the Missouri Compromise and angered opponents of slavery

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Boycott

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To refuse to participate in

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Bleeding Kansas

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Violence in the Kansas Territory spread and civil war broke out and continued for 3 years

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Sack of Lawrence

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A proslavery mob attacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas. Destroyed offices and house of the governor of the Antislavery gvmt

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What was the cause of "Bleeding Kansas"?

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Proslavery and Antislavery settlers rushed to the Kansas Territory to vote for the territorial legislature. The risk of losing the election and with political authority in dispute, violence spread

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Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?

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A French government official who traveled down the Ohio River and noted the differences of both sides attributed to slavery

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What is the Republican Party?

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The party that formed when the Northern Whigs joined with other oppenents of slavery

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Joseph Warren

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He was the editor of the Detroit Tribune, he wanted the antislavery parties of Michigan to join forces

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John C. Fremont

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The Republican Party needed a strong presidential candidate in 1856 to strengthen their young party. The nominated this person because he was a national hero

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James Buchanan

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Democrats nominated this man to run for presidency in 1856 because he had neutral political views

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Scott had been a slave in Missouri. His owner took him to live in territories where slavery was illegal. Then they returned back to Missouri. After his owner's death, Scott sued for his freedom. He argued that he was a free man because he had lived in places where slavery was illegal. This case reached the Supreme Court in 1856. The court ruled against Scott. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered his opinion in this case. He said that Scott was not a U.S. citizen, so he could not sue in U.S. courts. As a result, Scott's time in free territory did not matter in this case.

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Roger B. Taney

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a chief justice who had delivered his opinion in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. He argued that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories. He also declared legislation such as the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Illinois Republicans nominated this man to challenge Douglas for his U.S. senate seat.

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Harpers Ferry

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a city in Virginia that held weapons in the U.S. arsenal

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William Seward

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won the republican party's nomination

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platform

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a statement of beliefs

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secede

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to withdraw

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Confederate States of America

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included most of the south states; Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee

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Jefferson Davis

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President of Confederacy

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Crittenden Plan

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a plan presented to the Congress in late February 1861, but did not pass

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Fort Sumter

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a federal fort located in the harbor of charleston, South Carolina; the Southern attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.

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Robert E. Lee

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a talented military leader

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border states

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Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri

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King Cotton

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a way to win foreign support; cotton was important to the world market, and the South grew most of the cotton for Europe's mills.

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Anaconda Plan

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an offensive strategy based on General Winfield Scott's

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blockade

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when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area

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First Battle of Bull Run

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an 1861 battle of the Civil War in which the South shocked the North with a victory

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hygiene

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conditions and practices that promote health

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rifle

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a gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air

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minie ball

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a bullet with a hallow base

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Ironclad

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a warship covered with iron

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Ulysses S. Grant

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The victorious Union general in the west

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Battle of Shiloh

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an 1862 battle in which the Union forced the Confederacy to retreat in some of the fiercest fighting in the Civil War

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cavalry

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soilders on horseback

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Seven Day's Battle

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an 1862 Civil War battle in which the Confederacy forced the Union to retreat before it could capture the Southern capital of Richmond

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Battle of Antietam

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a civil war battle in 1862 in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded