Alabama

Arkansas

Illinois

Kansas

Missouri wanted to apply as a free state, and this would upset the balance

Missouri wanted to apply as a slave state, and this would upset the balance

Missouri was a safe haven for the KKK

Missouri didn't require citizens to pay federal taxes

It violated the Missouri Compromise

It violated the 36' 30" line

It violated "states rights theory"; they felt states had rights

It violated the Northwest Ordinance

The Fugitive Slave Act

Missouri became a slave state

Maine became a free state

the 36' 30" line was created

Abolitionists

Northern Republicans

Northern Democrats

Southerners

To provide a geographic boundary where slavery could exist

To make voting to becoming a slave state easier

To make states rights theory more powerful

To outlaw slavery of any form in the territory acquired from Mexico

CA admitted as a free state

Fugitive Slave Act

Kansas became a slave state

Washington DC outlawed slavery

It made Northerners uncomfortable

It was accepted by Southerners but felt that the act did not go far enough

It took away the legal rights of slaves

It violated the constitution

The North was portrayed as hateful

No literary work had ever aroused such emotions about slavery

The South was portrayed as merciful

Uncle Tom was a famous runaway

The Compromise of 1850

Slavery in Kansas or Nebraska

The Missouri Compromise

The Wilmot Proviso

Slaves were revolting and it was mayhem

A proxy war with antislavery and proslavery settlers clashing

Stephen Douglas proclaimed that violence should settle the slavery idea

It is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumpter

Stephen Douglas whipped Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner beat Stephen Douglas with a cane

John Brown killed 5 congressmen

Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a metal-tipped cane

1) was the MO Compromise legal 2) was the Compromise of 1850 legal

1) could slaves run away legally 2) was the 36' 30" line legal

1) Fugitive Slave Act 2) could DS be a free man having spent time in MO

1) slaves bringing court cases 2) should DS be free having spent time in WI

1) Yes, slaves were citizens

2) Free, upheld MO Comp. as constitutional

1) Yes, slaves were citizens

2) Not free, the MO Comp. was unconstitutional

1) No, slaves not citizens

2) Not free, the MO Comp. was unconstitutional

1) No, slaves not citizens

2) Yes free, the MO Comp. was constitutional

Lincoln argued that slavery was not a legal issue but a moral issue

Lincoln argued that slavery was a necessary evil

Douglas argued that slavery was not a legal issue but a political issue

Douglas argued that slavery was an unnecessary good

He led the Pottawatomie massacre in Kansas

He attacked Harpers Ferry

He was an abolitionist

He believed in secession

The Compromise of Virginia

Secession and The formation of the Confederation of States

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

The Creation of the Republican Party

Confederate troops firing on a federal fort was an act of war

Union troops firing on a Confederate fort angered the Confederates

The violence against Charles Sumner was more than the North could tolerate

The South exploding a bomb in New York Harbor was an act of war