causes of the civil war Flashcards
wakarusa war
this event occurred when pro-slavery forces surrounded Lawrence cutting off supplies, but departed peacefully after a week
the event in which Missourians crossed into Kansas to vote illegally
bogus elections
stephen douglas
senator from Illinois who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska act
Missourians who illegaly crossed into Kansas and voted
boarder ruffians
John Brown
Kansas abolitionist who massacred a pro-slavery settlement in Kansas
anti-slavery Kansans that made raids into Missouri
Jayhawker
Pottawatomie creek massacre
this event occurred when john brown led a small group that slaughtered five pro-slavery settlers in a small settlement in northeastern Kansas
Bleeding Kansas
nickname given to Kansas due to violence between anti and pro slavery men
bushwackers
pro-slavery Missourians that made raids on anti-slavery settlements
Missouri senator that encouraged boarder ruffians to vote in Kansas’s constitutional elections
David Rice Atchison
sacking of Lawrence
during this attack, several sites in a anti-slavery community in Kansas were burned by those supporting the proslavery side
anti-slavery Kansan who led the 400 person “army of the north” to move to Kansas
James Lane
A novel about slavery which is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It became a bestseller in the north. It made people view slavery as a more moral problem, not just a political conflict
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Missouri compromise
this was a agreement created in 1820 to establish and maintain the balance between free and slave states
Kansas-Nebraska act
popular sovereignty would be used to decide the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska Territory
an agreement made between supporters of slavery in the south and opponents of slavery in the north, the agreement included 4 parts, first California was admitted to the union as a free state, second the slave trade was banned in the nation’s capital, third is popular sovereignty would be used to decide the question of slavery in the states created from the Mexican Cession, and fourth a tough new fugitive slave law was put in place
Compromise of 1850
Dred scott
he was a slave who tried to sue for his freedom
Dred Scott vs Standford
Scott tried to sue for his freedom and lost because congress ruled that it was unconstitutional to prohibit slavery
this was an event led by john brown and his intentions were to steal weapons from the fairy and give them to the slaves but the attack was stopped when authorities showed up
the raid on harpers fairy
when Lincoln, a anti-slavery man, was elected in 1860 the south started to secede
Election of 1860
the confederates attacked the US fort, this is the first act of the civil war
Fort Sumter South Carolina
