Chpt 10 Flashcards
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate general
Stopped north at bull run
Robert E. Lee
From VA
Confederate general
Didn’t want to fight for the north
Loyal to VA
Compromise of 1850
Steven Douglas came up with it NM becomes territory Sets territory for Utah Texas becomes what it is known today Fugitme slave act created
Kansas - Nebraska act
Law that divided Nebraska territory into Kansas and had Nebraska giving each territory the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery
Bleeding Kansa
Term to describe violence between slave supporters and nonslave supporters who flooded into Kansas to vote
Ft. Sumpter
Federal fort located in Charlestown SC where the 1st shots of the civil war were fired
Steven Douglas
North democrat candidate in the election of 1860
Pushed for Kansas act
Started compromise
John brown
Black abolitionist who tried ending slavery with violence
Hung for treason
Jefferson Davis
Became president of confederate states of America
Mississippi senator who convinced congress to adopt renditions restricting federal control over slavery territories
Abe
Won election of 1860
president when southern states seceded
Apart of Illinois state legislature