AR Ch. 13 Review

First battle of the Civil War; a federal fort in Charleston, SC that became the first battle when President Lincoln tried to resupply the soldiers stationed there.

Union general at Fort Sumter who surrendered the fort to to the Confederacy after 2 days of bombardment

Entered the union in 1863 after 50 western counties in Virginia split with the eastern half of the state over the issue of slavery

a novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral

American author and daughter of Connecticut preacher, she was an abolitionist and author of the famous antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Senator from Illinois who ran for president against Abraham Lincoln. He supported the concept of "Popular Sovereignty" in deciding if new states should be slave or free.

the belief that only settlers living in the territories could decide if those territories would enter the union as slave states or free states

a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery; written by Stephen Douglas

Antislavery political party that formed in the 1850's when the antislavery factions of the Whigs and Democrats joined together with the Free Soilers

The 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). He tried to maintain a balance between proslavery and antislavery factions, but his moderate views angered radicals in both North and South.

Radical Republican against the slave power who insulted South Carolina senator Andrew Butler for being pro-slavery

Was a Congressman from South Carolina, notorious for brutally assaulting senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate after Sumner insulted his uncle Andrew Butler

United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott decision who wrote the majority opinion stating that because Dred Scott was black, he was not a citizen and could not sue in American court.

Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)