1. Popular antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Popular antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe

2. Free-Soil Party
Formed when presidential candidates in 1848 election took no stand on slavery in the territories

3. Confederate States of America
Formed in 1861 by states that had seceded

4. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not ban slavery in any territories
Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court ruled Congress could not ban slavery in any territories

5. The Liberator
Newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison that called for immediate emancipation for slaves

6. Earned a national reputation through a series seven debates
Abraham Lincoln
Earned a national reputation through a series seven debates

7. American Slavery As It Is
Influential antislavery publication written by Angelina Grimke and Theodore Weld

8. Attacked by Confederate forces to start the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Attacked by Confederate forces to start the Civil War

9. Kansas-Nebraska Act
Led to violent confrontations between antislavery and proslavery forces in Kansas

10. Retained balance between slave and free states
Missouri Compromise
Retained balance between slave and free states

11. A strong allegiance to a particular region of the country
sectionalism
A strong allegiance to a particular region of the country

12. New party formed on an antislavery platform in 1854
Republican Party
New party formed on an antislavery platform in 1854

13. People who worked to bring an end to slavery
abolitionists
People who worked to bring an end to slavery

14. Led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown
Led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia

15. Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed settlers of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether to allow slavery

16. Proslavery Representative who brutally attacked an antislavery Senator
Preston Brooks
Proslavery Representative who brutally attacked an antislavery Senator

17. Sojourner Truth
Escaped from slavery and dedicated herself to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

18. Voted to secede from the United States after the election of 1860
South Carolina
Voted to secede from the United States after the election of 1860

19. Compromise of 1850
Five-point plan presented by Henry Clay and passed as separate proposals

20. Abraham Lincoln
Stated in his First Inaugural Address that Southern states would not be allowed to secede