chapter 13 Flashcards
Storm Clouds Over the Nation
songs made by slaves
spirituals
an abolitionist who went to Kansas to fight against it becoming a slave territory using violence (unsuccessful)
John Brown
introduced the idea of popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
helped many slaves escape through the Underground Railroad; called moses
Harriet Tubman
subject of a court case that slaves had no right and couldn’t be free
Dred Scott
people who helped people in the Underground Railroad
conductors
southern states went to conventions and decided to form the:
Confederate States of America
who did the Southern Democrats select?
John C. Breckinridge
who did the Confederate States of America select as the president?
Jefferson Davis
who did the Republicans select?
Abraham Lincoln
who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
what was the fort in Florida
Fort Pickens
delivered an angry speech about the fighting in Kansas
Sumer
the leading black abolitionist who gave speeches and made writings
Frederick Douglass
used his cane to attack the Massachusetts senator to defend the honor of his cousin
Preston Brooks
time before the war
Antebellum Period
wrote antislavery newspapers
William Llyod Garrison and Horace Greeley
who did the Confederate States of America select as their vice president?
Alexander Stephens
distributed the work among the slaves and ensured that they did as expected
overseer
what was the fort in South Carolina?
Fort Sumter
ran under the Constitutional Union Party
John Bell
the act of leaving the Union
secession
who did the Northern Democrats select?
Stephen Douglas
