Civil War Vocab

Navy prevents vessels from entering or leaving its ports

This event started when border ruffians raided the anti-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas.

This court decision stated that slaves were the property of their owners.

Supplies captured from an enemy during wartime

"Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated that popular sovereignty was

This group believed that slavery was morally wrong and wanted to end it.

Under this Act, citizens could be imprisoned if the help a runaway slave

She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, AKA Black Moses

Drafting citizens into military service

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered Northerners because it

This person referred to popular sovereignthy in his inaugural address to reassure the south

The provision that California would be admitted as a slave state was in which of the following?

This Compromise failed because Lincoln convinced senators to vote against it

Formal withdrawal from a membership in a group or organization

Congress passing the Fugitive Slave Act was one outcome of which of the following Compromises?

What was the final destination for most of people escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin  infuriated the South because it 

This abolitionist was executed for his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

This idea stated that states has the right to decide the issue of slavery for themselves.