1. Chapter 15 Section 2 The Crisis Deepens

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin

3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Very unpopular in the south.

4. Fugitive Slave Act
Law that helped slaveholders recapture runaway slaves. Very unpopular in the North.

5. Popular Sovereignty
A System where residents vote to decide an issue. In this case whether or not a state would allow slavery or not.

6. Kansas-Nebraska Act
Law that split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska and allowed people to vote on slavery in these territories

7. John Brown
An extreme abolitionist who led a famous raid on Harpers Ferry was captured and executed.