This group of people wanted to end slavery right away.
This man owned slaves, but he did not want slavery to spread.
This man believed that slaves were property.
This man improved Henry Clay's bill by dividing it into five separate bills.
This man planned to let people in the territories vote whether they wanted to be a free or slave state.
This side said that slavery was necessary to their way of life.
This side said that it was wrong to treat other human beings as property.
People in this sort of state thought that slaves stole themselves when they ran away.
People in this sort of state did not agree with the Fugitive Slave Act (which said that slaves who ran away, should be returned to their masters).
Many people in this area beiieved that the Bible allowed people to own slaves.
This group of people helped runaway slaves.
This man excaped slavery by being mailed in a box.
This person worked with the Underground Railroad after escaping from slavery.
This slave's case went all the way to the Supreme Court.
This slave's freedom was bought by free black Americans (after he had tried to escape with a sailor friend to Boston but was captured and returned to his master).
Many southern states did this because they did not trust the president to protect their right to own slaves.
Abolitionists wanted to end this right away.
This is the special name that a state earned because of all the fighting about slavery.
This new political party formed from the Whigs in the South.
This new political party formed from the Whigs in the North.
This president was born in a log cabin.
These are the first five presidents of the United States.
Many southern states seceded from the United States when this man became president.
This president owned slaves, but did not want slavery to spread.
This president won the election of 1856 and was the 15th president of the USA.
Abolitionists
Zachary Taylor
John C. Calhoun
Stephen Douglas
Henry Clay
The South
The North
Slave state
Free states
Slave states
Underground Railroad
Henry Brown
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
Anthony Burns
Seceded
Slavery
"Bleeding Kansas"
American Party
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe
Abraham Lincoln
Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan
