The Union Collapses Flashcards
Uncle Tom’s cabin
harriet beecher stowe writes this, extremely popular book, about how awful slavery is, successful in the north, lincoln says her book caused the war
kansas nebraska act
created by president pierce, creates kansas and nebraska, repeals the missouri compromise, nebraska votes free and in kansas - all hell breaks loose
bleeding kansas
popular sovereignty, fight between north and south - vot to be slaves and fights break out, kansas civil war, unity, john brown : history avenger has a sword and goes around killing people that are pro slavery - yes king
crime against sumner
charles sumner makes a speech going against 2 senators, preston brooks is one of those guys nephews and beats him wiht a cane - he is re elected