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Designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired from the Mexican War.
Congressman, David Wilmot introduced the Wilmot Proviso to help stop the Mexican War.

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A network of people, made up of African Americans as well as whites, offering shelter and aid to escape slaves from the South.
The Underground Railroad had many stops in commonly known places

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U.S politician, leader of Democratic Party. Orator who espoused the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in territories.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was drafted by Stephen A. Douglas.

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Exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region
Before the Civil War, the North and the South had sectionalism in economics, political views, and social.

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To withdraw from a federal union
On December 20,1860, South Carolina was the first to secede in the Union.

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Also know as Grand Old Party (GOP), stoop against the extension of slavery to the country new territories, slavery complete by abolition.
The Republican Party was created by Hannibal Hamlin, to abolish slavery.

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Political doctrine that allowed the people to decide whether their territories were free or slave states.
The Compromise of 1850 incorporated popular sovereignty within the New Mexico territory and Utah territory.

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Pre-Civil War laws passed by Northerner state Governments to counteract the Fugitive Slave Acts and protect slaves and free blacks that settled in the North.
The Personal Liberty Laws contracted with the Fugitive Slave Act so slaves could settle in the North.

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16th president, proved a shrewd military strategist and savvy leader, with his Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for slavery abolition.
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation to stop slavery but it would only be implied if the Union won the war.

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Is a term used to describe the period of violence during the setting of the Kansas territory
Bleeding Kansas had approximately 56 deaths by the time the violence ended.

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Most intense debate in United States history. John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay all debated to win over California. The Clay compromise was rejected by Congress. A new compromise came together by Stephen A. Douglas.
The Compromise of 1850 had main points to make California a free state, strengthen the Fugitive Slave laws, start Popular sovereignty, and abolishing slaves in Washington,DC.

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11 states that seceded from the United States, that happened in 1860 following the election of Abraham Lincoln.
The Confederate States of America was organized by Jefferson Davis.

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Introduced to legislation aimed at resolving the looming secession crisis in the deep South. Meaning a permanent existence of slavery.in a certain areas.
The Crittenden Compromise was four amendments and four proposed resolutions to help avoid the Civil War.

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A legal case that Dred Scott, a slave, who resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled of his freedom.
The Dred Scott v. Sandford case was an unsuccessful case for Dred Scott.

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An island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. It was the site of the first shots of the Civil War.
P.G.T Beauregard ordered the first shots on Fort Sumter.

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Minor political party that opposed spreading slavery into new United States territories, whether it is a free or slave states.
The Free Soil Party was based on opposing slavery and grew on the conflict of proslavery and antislavery in the Union.

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Pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territories of the United States. To seize and return to the owner and impose penalties.
The Fugitive Slave Act became stricter to slaves that try to escape.

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An area where the U.S military's arsenal to target an assult by an armed band of abolitionists, specifically John Browns group of men.
Harpers Ferry was an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery.

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World-renowned American writer, staunch abolitionist and the most influential women of the 19th century. She was the writer of Uncle Toms Cabin, which brought unprecedented light to the plight of slaves and, many historians believe, helped incite the American Civil War.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Toms Cabin to show a different way of the impact of slavery.

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She was enslaved, escaped from slavery, and helped others gain their freedom as a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad. She also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldiers and a nurse for the Union Army.
Harriet Tubman risked her life to help hundreds of slaves that wanted to escape.

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A Mexican war hero, a U.S senator of Mississippi, US Secretary of War, and President of Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis was the president for the South.

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Radical abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of the slavery system.
John Brown and his sons led attacks on pro-slavery residents.

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A politician, served as the 14th vice president, and a Confederate general.
John C. Breckinridge was the 14th president of the United States and then mounted an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1860.

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Mandated "popular sovereignty" allowing settlers of a territory to decide whither slavery would be allowed within a new states borders.
The Kansas-Nebraska act violated the Missouri Compromise.

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A U.S political party that flourished in the 1850's. They were strong against anti-immigration and anti-roman Catholic Sentiment that manifested in 1890.
The Know-Nothings Party would say "I know nothing," when asked about the party

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An effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by request of Missouri for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted.
The Missouri Compromise failed because of the underlying tensions with the slavery issues.