Causes of the Civil War

This law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves, which made abolitionists angry

The first shots of the U.S. Civil War were fired here in 1861

This law repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed northern territories to vote on slavery

New political party that sought to keep slavery out of the western territories

The right of the states to limit the power of the federal government; a mostly Southern belief

A person that believed slavery was evil; demanded the end of slavery

Concept in which a person was property to be bought and sold; to not have basic rights

The "Great Compromiser", he wrote the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850

This abolitionist killed pro-slavery men in Kansas and captured a federal arsenal in Virginia

Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that spoke of the evils of slavery; inflamed North and South

Abolitionists believed this war was fought to help spread slavery into newly won lands

Voters in a new territory would decide to allow slavery or not

Part of triangular trade route that transported millions of slaves to the New World

A powerful Northern Senator, he believed slavery was evil, but secession was worse

Agreement that allowed California to join as a free state and enacted a Fugitive Slave Act

The winner of the 1860 Presidential election, his election caused the South to secede

Invented by Eli Whitney; allowed for increased cotton crops, which needed more slaves

Nickname of territory that saw abolitionists and slave owners fight over slavery

Supreme Court case said slaves were property and that slavery was allowed in every territory

A powerful Southern Senator, he believed slavery should spread throughout the West

This agreement kept slavery south of 36"30' and kept number of free and slave states equal