Causes of the Civil War Vocab

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Missouri Compromise

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Agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the U.S. regarding slavery's extension into new territories.

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Compromise of 1850

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California as free state; territorial status & popular sovereignty for Utah & New Mexico.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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A law allowing voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose on slavery.

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Popular Sovereignty

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Ultimate power resides in the people.

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Abolition

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Movement to end slavery

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Dred Scott v. Sanford

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Ruled that slaves were property and could not sue.

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Right to own property

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5th Amendment

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Harriet Tubman

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United States abolitionist born a slave in Maryland, famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading slaves to freedom (1820-1913).

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

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William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879): Prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. Editor of "The Liberator" and co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

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Prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer.