Gaining lands to the west

Under this law, Missouri became a slave state, and Maine became a free state. Slavery was not otherwise to be permitted in the lands of the Louisiana Purchase above the 36.30 N

California was admitted as a free state, and stricter fugitive law was enacted under this Compromise

Popular Sovereignty is

Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott an African American, was not a citizen and had no right to sue in the court.

Attempt by U.S. Diplomats from the south to purchase Cuba as a new Slave State. News of this enraged Northerners.

Many Southerns believed states had the right to leave the Union if they wished

was the North's strategy for winning the war. It used naval power to blockade the South and divide Southern states along the Mississippi River

Lincoln issued this in September 1862, freeing all the slaves in states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863.

The turning point of the war was reached when the Northen forces defeated the Southern forces at the Battle of ?

Refers to the loyalty many Americans felt towards their own geographic region- the North, South, or West- rather than to the country as a whole

What is secession?

This law applied popular sovereignty to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the remaining territories of the Louisiana Purchase, reopening the slavery issue there.

During this speech Lincoln said the war was a struggle for democracy

Sectionalism, Slavery, Westward Expansion, States

The election of Lincoln in 1860