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| fanatic abolitionist who attempted to incite rebellion and free the slaves with war; hanged and celebrated as martyr |
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| sought to build constituency for compromise, appealed for end to taunts and reckless proposals, thought it useless to ban slavery from everywhere |
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| strong abolitionist Senator, called for utter banning because of God |
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| ushered Compromise of 1850 through Congress, also Kansas-Nebraska Act, anti-Lecompton Democrat |
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| wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, responsible for inciting abolitionist feelings in Northerners and "starting the war" in Abraham Lincoln's words |
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| doughface Democrat, won election of 1856, didn't do anything as tensions escalated |
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| spoke vehemently on "the crime against Kansas" then ended up being beaten over the head with a cane until he lost consciousness |
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| Chief Justice of Dred Scott Decision, hated Republicans and racial equality |
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| helped escalate tensions, then ended up becoming president of Confederate States of America |
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| raid led by John Brown with weapons that were to be given to slaves, all participants died |
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| proposed Congress bar slavery from all lands acquired in war with Mexico, failed in Senate after passing House |
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| voters in territories decide free vs. slave |
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| formed from anti-slavery Whigs in election of 1848, pre-Republicans |
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| introduced by Henry Clay, wouldn't pass until Douglas divided and conquered into Compromise of 1850 |
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| 5 acts: Cali free, New Mexico and Utah popular sovereignty, Texas debt relief and giving up panhandle, no slave trade in DC, fugitive slave act |
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| required Northerners to help return "escaped slaves," judges received more money for deciding slave than free so free blacks were enslaved too |
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| written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, "so you are the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war" from Abraham Lincoln |
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| left both to popular sovereignty, led to "bleeding Kansas" |
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| Know-Nothing Party/American Party |
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| against immigrants and Catholics |
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| against slavery, purely sectional party |
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| civil war over free vs. slave |
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| House representative Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner unconscious by hitting him over the head with a cane for an inflammatory speech including a personal attack on his kinsman for bleeding Kansas |
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| Supreme Court ruled Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and said Congress had no right to decide free vs. slave in western territories |
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| supposedly caused by Democrats, hurt Douglas going into Lincoln-Douglas debates |
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| Kansas constitution made with only slave-holders present though free outnumbered slave |
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| series of debates for Illinois Senate seat, examined moral issue of slavery |
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| Douglas in debates, settlers couldn't now pass legislation barring slavery but they could just as effectively ban it by not passing protective laws |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| Lower South seceded after Lincoln's election with Jefferson Davis as president and Alexander Stephens as VP |
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| last-ditch effort before war that involved protection but not expansion of slavery and reformed fugitive slave laws |
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| extreme Southern politicians who urged secession |
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