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| Violent abolitionist who tried to arm slaves to rise up against their slave holders. He would be caught, tried and executed for his crimes. |
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| He was the slave named in a Supreme Court case who wanted his freedom because he lived in a free area. The decision in this case meant that the Constitution supported slavery. |
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| Fort in South Carolina; first shots of the Civil War were fired here. |
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| ran for presidency in 1860 and won even though his name was not on the ballots in most Southern states; believed slavery was a moral issue; was nationally unknown until the congressional election of 1858 |
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| reason used by Southern states to secede from the Union |
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| first president of the Confederate States of America |
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| debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for the Illinois Senate race. The debates usually revolved around the issue of slavery. |
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| Territory that was filled with fighting whether it was a free or slave state. Two governments were actually established in this state - one proslavery, one antislavery. Blood would be shed in this state over the issue of slavery. |
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| Allowing Missouri to be added to the Union as a slave state while Maine is added as a free state. This compromise would maintain the balance of power in the Senate. |
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| This is a law that required all citizens to help catch runaway enslaved people |
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| First state to secede from the Union |
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| wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
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| Stephen Douglas' plan for each state to have popular sovereignty (decide for themselves whether the state has slavery or not) |
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| Plan that stated that slavery would not be allowed in any territory that was received from Mexico |
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| senator from Kentucky who tried many compromises to save the Union |
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