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Congress & Compromise Party Time!Hodge Podge 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Kansas needs a band-aid Abolition
Former slave who wrote about his experiences and went on tour with the American Anti-Slavery Society
Frederick Douglass
He or she attempted to free friends and family members and escape to Haiti
Denmark Vesey
William Lloyd Garrison’s abolitionist newspaper
The Liberator
Organization which advocated the relocation of free African Americans to Liberia
American Colonization Society
Nat Turner’s rebellion took place in this state
Virginia
The issue of slavery was not to be discussed in Congress
“gag rule”
Speaker of the House who initially constructed the Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
Laws passed in some northern states to combat Fugitive Slave Law
Personal Liberty Laws
Rider concerning slavery in the territories that sparked debate in Congress
Wilmot Proviso
This pro- compromise President succeeded Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas
Name given to pro-slavery individuals crossing into Kansas and engaging in voter intimidation
Border Ruffians
Abolitionist town destroyed by pro- slavery advocates. Inspired Brown to set out for Kansas
Lawrence
Pro-slavery capital of Kansas
Lecompton
Sumner’s anti- slavery speech which got him caned was titled this
“Crimes Against Kansas”
By the start of the Civil War, this political party had positioned itself as anti-slavery
Republicans
Referred to as “Know-Nothings” for short
American Party
The Republican Party was predominantly made up of members who had left these three political parties
Democrats, Whigs, Free-Soilers
Winner of the election of 1856
James Buchanan
The “New” Republican Party was founded in this year
1854
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
John Brown conducted a raid at this location in 1859
Harper’s Ferry
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for the Scott Decision
Roger B. Taney
The Compromise of 1850 outlawed the trading of slaves in this area
Washington, D.C.
This president’s death accelerated the passage of the Compromise of 1850
Zachary Taylor
Make your wager
Charles Sumner was caned in Congress by _______.
Preston Brooks