| Term | Definition |
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| John Brown | He wanted to attackthe federal arsenal, or military storehouse, in Virginia and seize the weapons stored there. he was ready to arm slaves and kill any white Southernors who got in his way. |
| John Brown's Raid | Night of October 16, 1859. Brown and his men entered Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown first took over the federal arsenal, then he sent several of his men into the countryside to get slaves to come to Harpers Ferry. He hoped enslaved African Americans would join him, but none did. |
| December 2, 1859 | What day was John Brown hanged for his raid? |
| John Copeland | Fugitive slave. Said "If I am dying for freedom, I could not die for a better cause - I had rather die than be a slave!" |
| True | True or False? In the Election of 1860, the Democratic party split in 2 because they couldn't agree on a canidate. |
| Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge | For their presidential canidates, the Norhthern Damocrats chose _______ _______ and the Southern Democrats chose ____ __ ___________. |
| Constituional Union Party | This new political party recognized "no political principals other than the Constitution of the country, the Union of the states, and the enforcement fo the laws." |
| John Bell | Who did the Constitutional Union Party choose as their presidential canidate? |
| Secession | The act of formally withdrawing from the Union. |
| John J. Crittenden | Senator from Kentucky that proposed a series of constitutional amendments to satisfy the South. |
| Confederate States of America | A new nation that was formed by the states that seceded from the Union- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. |
| Jefferson Davis | Who was the first president of the Confederacy? |
| Alexander H. Stephens | Who was the first vice president of the Confederacy? |
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