Pre-Civil War Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Compromise of 1820 | Missouri Compromise; Part 1, Missouri enters as slave state; Part 2, Maine created as free state from Massachusetts; Part 3, 30/60 Compromise Line; Effects, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, o1848 |
| Texas War of Independence | 1835, between American in Texas and Mexican Government; settler Sam Houston, general |
| Mexican War | President Polk wanted to buy New Mexico for $30 million; Polk declared war, Mexico invaded his territory |
| Underground Railroad | Network of escape routes that provided protection and transportation for slasves fleeing north to freedom |
| Harriet Tubman | Leader of Underground Railroad; "Black Moses" |
| Bleeding Kansas | John Brown, killed 5 men with swords in front of their families; group of southerners looted homes and offices in Kansas |
| Lincoln / Douglass Debate | Seven debates on the issue of slavery; introduced Lincoln to America |
| Compromise of 1850 | Proposed Henry Clay; California admitted as free state; Utah and New Mexico have popular sovereignty; Congress abolished sale of slaves in Washington D.C.; fugitive slave act |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | February 1848; Part 1, Mexico gave up Texas, Rio Grande acts as border; Part 2, US receives New Mexico and California; Part 3, US paid Mexico $15 million; Part 4, US paid claims to Mexico, $3 million |
| Bleeding Sumner | Charles Sumner, against slavery; Preston Brooks beat Sumner with a cane |
| Dred Scott Decision | March 1857; Scott argued that he was free; Supreme Court rules 7 to 2; slaves weren't citizens, have no rights; Missouri Compromise unconstitutional |
| John Brown's Raid | Browon attacked federal arsenal, October 1859, Harpers Ferry, Virginia; Brown sentenced to be hung |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe; discussed slavery in America; published in 1852 |
| Fort Sumter | Federal fort on island in Charleston; Lincoln couldn't supply fort; South fired on Fort Sumter; Major Robert Anderson surrendered |
| Election of 1860 | John Beckinridge (D); Stephen Douglass (D); Abraham Lincoln (R) <W>; no Southern votes, got 180 electoral votes; South succeeds |
| Amistad | Spanish slave ship; transported slaves into New Haven; slaves put on trial, gained help of ex-president John Quincy Adams |
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