Election of 1860

Slavery

The Louisiana Purchase

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

It encouraged those being held in bondage to run away/leave and come to the Northern states where slavery was illegal.

It was published in other countries and these countries pushed the President and the United States to end slavery.

The book opened the eyes of many Northerners who had previously no understood the horrors of slavery and helped advanced the Abolition Movement.

Southern Americans who were opposed to slavery began sharing the books with other southerners.

An African American slave who started a nearly successful slave revolt in the South that would lead to harsher laws against African Americans in the South.

An African American slave who tried to sue for his freedom in court.

A famous character from the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

An abolitionists who supported violent action against the South to end slavery.

Acquiring more land for the United States, including territory that was in Canada and Mexico.

Ending the institution of slavery once and for all.

To preserve the Union and keep the country together, including all of the states in the North, the South, and the West.

Ending the rebellions and uprising, like John Brown's Raid and Nat Turner's Rebellion, which were happening all across the country.

Lincoln's superior leadership and command during the war.

Twice the railroads and telegraphs lines than the South for communication.

Industries and factories to help supply the war.

All of the Above

a presidential order, or proclamation, that offered freedom to enslaved people living in bondage throughout the entire United States.

a presidential order, or proclamation, that offered freedom to enslaved people living in bondage only in the southern states and changed the focus of the war.

a proposal to amend the constitution to abolish slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

an official proclamation ending the American Civil War.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Gettysburg Address

Emancipation Proclamation

1860 Inauguration Speech to the country

It repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and let ALL new territories and states decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery or not.

It redrew the imaginary line created by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that allowed slavery in the states/territories below that line but not above.

It required that the territories of Kansas and Nebraska make slavery illegal.

It required that the territories of Kansas and Nebraska allow slavery.

The court ruled that as a slave, Scott was considered "property" and was not entitled to the legal rights afforded to a human being.

The court ruled that even as a slave, Scott was still entitled to all of the same legal rights as his white counterparts even if he was still being held in slavery.

The court ruled that slavery was an "abomination" and made it illegal to own another person in the United States.

The court ruled that the issue of slavery should be left to the states to decide and that since Scott was an enslaved person living in a state that allowed slavery, then he was not entitled to be a free person unless he moved to a "free" state.

was a part of a minority political party called the Northern Whigs.

had previously run for president in 1856 but lost in that election to Franklin Pierce.

was very unliked by many in both the North and the South for his stance on slavery.

had almost no political experience compared to previous presidents and his opponents.