Missouri Compromise to John Brown

Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Increase the number of slave states
• Abolish slavery in all states
• Expand slavery into new territories
• Maintain the balance of power between slave and free states

Compromise of 1850

• A treaty signed between the United States and Mexico in 1850
• An agreement between the United States and Canada in 1850
• A resolution passed by the United Nations in 1850
• California admitted as a free state; introduction of Fugitive Slave Act; use of popular sovereignty in western territories

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Nullified Monroe Doctrine

• Gave certain territories the right to vote on slavery

• Eliminated the Emancipation Proclamation

• Increased the process of Manifest Destiny

Border Ruffians

• Pro-slavery activists from Missouri who crossed the border into Kansas to influence elections and intimidate anti-slavery settlers.
• A group of Native American tribes who opposed both pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers
• Pro-slavery activists from Kansas who fought against the Border Ruffians
• Anti-slavery activists from Kansas who supported the abolition of slavery

Fugitive Slave Laws

• State laws that prohibited the capture of runaway slaves
• Federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the United States.
• Laws that granted freedom to all slaves
• Legislation that promoted the abolition of slavery

Pottawatomie Creek

• Pottawatomie Creek is a creek in Kansas where John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers in 1856.
• Pottawatomie Creek is a fictional location in a popular novel.
• Pottawatomie Creek is a famous hiking trail in Colorado.
• Pottawatomie Creek is a river in California known for its gold mining history.

Harpers Ferry

• Location of the first battle of the Civil War

• First permanent settlement in Virginia

• Federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 during an attempted slave revolt

• End point of the Underground Railroad

Insurrection

• A diplomatic negotiation
• A friendly competition
• A peaceful protest
• A violent uprising against an authority or government.

Treason

• The act of being loyal to one's country
• The crime of stealing from one's country
• The act of defending one's country
• The crime of betraying one's country

Underground Railroad

• A system of trains used to transport enslaved African Americans to freedom
• A network of above-ground roads used by enslaved African Americans to flee to safety
• A series of tunnels built by enslaved African Americans to escape captivity
• Network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada