Road to Civil War

What was not part of Henry Clay's 1850 Compromise?

White abolitionist who attacked the Harpers Ferry Arsenal hoping to end slavery

This adjective means "before the (Civil) war"

Charleston SC free black who was hanged after a failed uprising

Most free Blacks in the South did this for a living

College in SC started to give a military education to whites to prevent slave revolts

Stephen Douglass' belief that territories should decide whether they wanted slavery

Slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom after his master moved to a free state

Popular sovereignty led to a mini Civil War in this "bleeding" state in the 1850s

Henry Clay put together a compromise in 1820 that saw this state admitted as a slave state, and Maine a free state

First anti-slavery political party

Failed proposal to ban slavery in all territory taken from Mexico

After Uncle Tom's Cabin, how did many Whites talk about slavery?

After Lincoln was elected President in 1860, this state became the first to leave the Union

What was the attitude of most white Northerners and Westerners to slavery?

Enslaved preacher who led a slave rebellion in VA; led to over a 100 slaves being executed

Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery

First anti-slavery political party