Antebellum Vocab Flashcard Review

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compromise 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

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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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states where slavery was not legal.

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Free States

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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

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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 16th president of the United States, he preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves

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Abraham Lincoln

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compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.

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Missouri Compromise

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the act of making legally null and void.

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Nullification

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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