Review – QUIZ TOMORROW!!! Historical Terms 6.1

Missouri Compromise Compromise between the North and South on what to do in the Louisiana Territory Maine admitted as a free state Missouri admitted as a slave state 36’30’’ line created: No slavery above this line in the Louisiana Purchase area, the only exception would be Missouri

Compromise of 1850 Compromise to solve the problem of what to do with the Mexican Cession California was admitted as a free state a harsher Fugitive Slave Law was enacted the Mexican Cession was divided into the territories of New Mexico and Utah and in each territory, voters would decide the slavery question according to popular sovereignty (control by the people).

Sectionalism a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country

Civil War War between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South) over state’s rights, slavery, sectionalism, secession and the Election of 1860

Kansas Nebraska Act Kansas and Nebraska would use popular sovereignty decide if they would be slave or free states. The act pleased Southerners but outraged many Northerners because it went against the Missouri Compromise. Slavery?

Dred Scott Decision An abolitionist case in which a slave sued for his freedom and was denied because he did not have the right of a citizen to sue in court. Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property.

Republican Party The beginning of the modern Republican Party began before the Civil War as an anti-slavery party. Abraham Lincoln was elected the first Republican president in 1860.

Election of 1860 Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860 triggered the secession of 9 Southern states starting with South Carolina. This is a cause of the Civil War.

Secession Withdrawal from of leave the Union

Fort Sumter Civil War begins here in 1861