Causes of the civil war Flashcards
Who led the raid on harpers ferry?
John Brown
Who was the Missouri Senator that told people to vote illegaly?
David Rice Atchison
Who was the kansas abolitionist that killed 5 pro-slavery men?
John Brown
Senator who proposed the kansas nebraska act
Stephen doulgas
Anti slavery man who led the 400 person “army of the north” to move to kansas.
James Lane
Pro Slave missourians that made raids into Kansas
Bushwackers
Anti slavery men that made raids into missouri
jayhawkers
Nickname given to Kansas During the violence
Bleeding kansas
The event where missourians crossed the border to vote ilegaly
Bogus elctions
the event where pro slavery people surrounded Lawrence
Wakarusa War
John brown led a small group that killed 5 pro slavery men
Pottawatomie creek massacre
During this attack several sites in an anti slavery community in kansas were attacked and burned. by pro slavery people
Sacking of lawrence
who was dredd scott? what happened to him?
He was a slave who sued for his freedom and lost
Who was abraham lincoln?
He was elected president just before states started to succeed
What does it mean to succeed?
to leave a group
What happened at fort sumpter?
the south attacked it, the union troops surrendered and no lives were lost
who were the border ruffians?
people from Missouri who voted illegally in Kansas elections
What was the compromise of 1850?
the compromise said that California would become a free state
Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin
Harriet beecher stowe
