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A period in the history of the Southern United States, from the late 18th century until the start of the American Civil War in 1861.

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Antebellum Era

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The war fought between the North and the South in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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The Civil War

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An agreement between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Compromise of 1850

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Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.

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Dred Scott Case (1857)

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Election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union.

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Election of 1860

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act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.

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Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

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position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850.

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Georgia Platform

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The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.

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Secession

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to make legally null and void, cancellation of a federal law.

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Nulify

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A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole

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Sectionalism