Civil War

1. Ferry 1859/Abolitionists JOHN BROWN led an attack on the US weapons arsenal at Harper Ferry, Virgina to spark a slave revolt
4. Right/ The Constitution, with federalism, split power between the national and the state governments
7. 1860/When Lincoln was elected, seven states left, the United States
8. Party 1854-1856/A party formed after the Kansas-Nebraska act that stood against slavery and for the "free, white working man"
10. loyalty to one's own region is stronger than loyalty to one's country
13. Truth/She was an former slave who became an abolitionist, speaking and writing against slavery

2. wanted to end the practice of slavery because they believed it was morally wrong
3. Tubman/She was an escaped slave who dedicated her life to ending slavery
4. practice of forcing another person to work without pay
5. Nebraska Act -- 1854/This law replaced the compromise of 1850 with popular sovereignty, in which citizens would vote to decide on slavery
6. of 1850/After defeating Mexico in 1848, another compromise was made on slavery
9. Douglass/He was an escaped slave who became an abolitionist, speaking and writing against slavery
11. Lincoln/He was a lawyer from Illinois, who was elected president in 1860 and led the nation through the Civil War
12. Compromise/Missouri became a slave state and Maine became as a free state
14. Davis/A plantation owner from Mississippi, he was elected President of the Confederacy, and led the south during the Civil War