Set: US History: Antebellum

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Wilmot Proviso Amendment by northern democrat that forbade slavery in the Mexican Cession
Abolitionists These were Hinton Helper, Beecher Stowe, Tubman, Dwight Weld, William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass (plural)
1848 Election year, Democrat Lewis Cass v. Whig Zachary Taylor (no experience) v. Free Soil Van Buren. Taylor wins
Zachary Taylor President. Former war hero during Mexican war,
California Gold Rush Trigger by discovery at Sutter's Mill, leads to mass migration to California
William Seward Senator and Secretary of State who believed in a "higher law" above the constitution and was staunchly anti-slavery
John Calhoun Staunchly pro-slavery vice-president, engineering the Compromise of 1850 and helping further split the nations
Daniel Webster Senator who, originally pro-North, supported the Compromise of 1850 and subsequently lost favor from his constituency
Henry Clay Whig senator who helped make the Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 Forestalled the Civil War by instating the Fugitive Slave Act , banning slave trade in DC, admitting California as a free state, splitting up the Texas territory, and instating popular sovereignty in the Mexican Cession
Fugitive Slave Act Stringent set of laws that allows Southern slave-catchers to pursue slaves into the north.
Personal Liberty Laws Bills enacted by northerners in response to the injustices of the Fugitive Slave Act
Underground Railroad Clandestine network of abolitionists who aided the escape of slaves
Uncle Tom's Cabin Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, it helped stirred northern abolitionist sentiment
Impending Crisis By Hinton Helper, this book argued that slavery was harmful to whites who did not own slaves
1852 Election Year, Democratic Franklin Pierce v. Whig Winfield Scott
Ostend Manifesto Southerners meet with Spain on sail of Cuba, Northern senators don't want it due to slave potential
Kansas-Nebraska Act Creates the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and opens the slave issue to popular sovereignty
Stephen Douglas Senator from Illinois, author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Freeport Doctrine, argues in favor of popular sovereignty
Republican Party Political party that believed in the non-expansion of slavery and comprised of Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers, in defiance to the Slave Powers
Know-Nothing Party Anti-foreign political party that didn't do much. One of the first nativist "American" parties.
Bleeding Kansas Term referring to bloodshed over popular sovereignty in a particular western territory
Sack of Lawrence Pro-slavery sack of anti-slavery town
Pottawamie Creek Site of anti-slavery kills of 5 pro-slavery men lead by John Brown
Shawnee Mission Name of pro-slavery government in Kansas
Topeka Name of anti-slavery government in Kansas
Charles Sumner Radical Republican against the slave power who insults Andrew Butler and subsequently gets caned by Preston Brooks
Preston Brooks Responsible for beating radical republican Charles Sumner with his cane
1856 Election year: James Buchanan (untainted by compromise) v. Fremont (Republican war hero) v. Milliard Fillmore (Know-nothing)
James Buchanan Antebellum president who claimed that secession was illegal but going to war was also illegal, indecisive
Dred Scott Decision Landmark court decision that ruled that slaves were property and antislavery laws were unconstitutional
Lecompton Constitution Pro-slave constitution that got voted in for Kansas after anti-slavery people boycotted the election
Panic of 1857 Economic downturn caused by overspeculation of western lands, railroads, gold in California, grain. Mostly affected northerners, who called for higher tariffs and free homesteads
Lincoln-Douglas Debates Set of debates between Lincoln and Douglas that leads to the Freeport Doctrine and Douglas's win of the Senate position in Illinois
Freeport Doctrine Idea authored by Stephen Douglas that claimed slavery could only exist when popular sovereignty said so
Raid at Harper's Ferry Pre-Civil War skirmish in which John Brown attempts to incite a slave uprising by seizing arms. Due to lack of communication, nothing happens, and Brown is hanged (and martyred)
1860 Election year: Stephen Douglas (Northern Democrat) v. John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat) v. Abraham Lincoln (Republican) v. John Bill (Constitutional Union); South threaten to secede if Lincoln is elected
South Carolina First state to secede from the Union
Confederate States of America When the states seceded, they formed this country
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America
Crittenden Amendments Last ditch attempt to restore status quo at thirty-six thirty, too little too late
Fort Sumner Site of the first open hostilities of the civil war, no casualties

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AmbushCommander : Changed Lecomptom Constitution → Pro-slave constitution that got voted in for Kansas after anti-slavery people boycotted the election to Lecompton Constitution → Pro-slave constitution that got voted in for Kansas after anti-slavery people boycotted the election
AmbushCommander : Changed Abolitionist → These were Hinton Helper, Beecher Stowe, Tubman, Dwight Weld, William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass to Abolitionists → These were Hinton Helper, Beecher Stowe, Tubman, Dwight Weld, William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass (plural)
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  1. 1852 → Election Year, Democratic Franklin Pierce v. Whig Winfield Scott - 4 misses
  2. Panic of 1857 → Economic downturn caused by overspeculation of western lands, railroads, gold in California, grain. Mostly affected northerners, who called for higher tariffs and free homesteads - 4 misses
  3. 1848 → Election year, Democrat Lewis Cass v. Whig Zachary Taylor (no experience) v. Free Soil Van Buren. Taylor wins - 3 misses
  4. Abolitionists → These were Hinton Helper, Beecher Stowe, Tubman, Dwight Weld, William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass (plural) - 2 misses
  5. Henry Clay → Whig senator who helped make the Compromise of 1850 - 2 misses
  6. Impending Crisis → By Hinton Helper, this book argued that slavery was harmful to whites who did not own slaves - 2 misses
  7. Sack of Lawrence → Pro-slavery sack of anti-slavery town - 2 misses