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Territory created in 1854 as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, part of it became the state of Nebraska.
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Nebraska Territory
Territory created in 1854 as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, part of it became the state of Nebraska.
Kansas Territory
Territory created in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act; part of it became the state of Kansas.
Harpers Ferry
Town in Northeastern West Virginia, site of federal arsenal raided be abolitionist John Brown in 1859.
John C. Calhoun
U.S. Senator from South Carolina who believed in states' rights.
Henry Clay
U.S. Senator who was nicknamed "The Great Compromiser" for organizing important agreements such as the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and the Compromise of 1850.
Daniel Webster
Senator from the Massachusetts and opponent of slavery who supported the Compromise of 1850.
Stephen Douglas
U.S. Senator from Illinois who helped create the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a novel that described the cruelties of slavery and which sold over 300,000 copies.
Dred Scott
Enslaved African American who claimed he was free because he had lived in a free state. His case reached the Supreme Court, which decided against him.
John Brown
Abolitionist who let attacks on supporters of slavery in Kansas and led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859.
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the U.S., from 1861 to 1865, who led the U.S. during the Civil War and was assassinated in 1865.
free state
state in which slavery was not allowed.
slave state
state in which slavery was allowed before the Civil War.
states' rights
Idea that states have the right to make decisions about issues that concern them.
Missouri Compromise
Law passed in 1820 that divided the Louisiana Territory into a southern area that allowed slavery and a northern area that did not.
Fugitive Slave Law
Law passed in 1850 that said escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners even if they reached free states.
Compromise of 1850
Law under which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Law passed in 1854 allowing the people of these two territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
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