These are the first five presidents of the United States.
This president owned slaves, but did not want slavery to spread.
People in this sort of state thought that slaves stole themselves when they ran away.
Abolitionists wanted to end this right away.
This man excaped slavery by being mailed in a box.
This person worked with the Underground Railroad after escaping from slavery.
This president was born in a log cabin.
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).
This side said that it was wrong to treat other human beings as property.
Many southern states did this because they did not trust the president to protect their right to own slaves.
This group of people wanted to end slavery right away.
This is the special name that a state earned because of all the fighting about slavery.
This man owned slaves, but he did not want slavery to spread.
This group of people helped runaway slaves.
This man improved Henry Clay's bill by dividing it into five separate bills.
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).
This man believed that slaves were property.
Many southern states seceded from the United States when this man became president.
This new political party formed from the Whigs in the North.
This slave's case went all the way to the Supreme Court.
This side said that slavery was necessary to their way of life.
This man planned to let people in the territories vote whether they wanted to be a free or slave state.
This new political party formed from the Whigs in the South.
Many people in this area beiieved that the Bible allowed people to own slaves.
This president won the election of 1856 and was the 15th president of the USA.
