novel by Harriet Beecher Stow that told about the cruelty of slavery

an abolitionist that led an attack on Harpers Ferry and called for a slave rebellion; he wanted them to fight for their freedom

law that required citizens to return escaped slaves to their owners

many people turned against slavery

to start a slave revolt

Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom's Cabin, John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

author of the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin

plantations and farming

first state to secede from the Union

factories, iron, and steel

riskier to help slaves escape on the Underground Railroad

allowed a balance of free and slave states

the people decide their own rules and government by voting

the fight that broke out in Kansas and caused more than 200 deaths

the 16th President who would try to end slavery

the southern states that joined together, after Lincoln was elected President