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lesson 1

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Missouri Compromise of 1820   divided Lousiana peershce into free and slave states  
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Senator Lewis Cass of Mishigan   encouraged popular sovereignty, candidate for Democrats  
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Popular Sovereignty   power to the people  
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President James K. Polk   wanted to extend the 36 30 line to the west cost  
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David Willmot   Offered the Wilmot Proviso  
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Wilmot Proviso   document stating that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of (the) territory  
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North   controlled house of reps.  
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South   controlled senate  
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Sectionalism   favoring the intresets of one section or region over the inerests of the entire country  
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Free-Soil Party   supported the Wilmot Proviso created by antislavery party.  
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VanBuren   candidate for free soil party. no slaves in w, protect white jobs  
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Zachary Taylor   candidate for Whigs. Won election.  
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Henry Clay   Great compromiser  
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Compromise of 1850   Ca = free state, Mexican cession decided by pop. sov., Texas give up land east of rio grande-govt payed debt, no slave trade in capitol, fugitive slave law effective  
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Fugitive Slave act   made it a crime to help runaway slaves/ officials could arrest those slaves in free areas  
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William Seward   defended antislavery views and rand against Abe Lincon  
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John C. Calhoon   argued that letting CA become a free would destroy the nations balance  
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Anthony Burns   fugitive slave from Virginia arrested in Boston. his case persuaded many to join abolitionists  
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Uncle Tom's Cabin   the antislavery novel  
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Harriet Beecher Stowe   wrote uncle tom's cabin and spoke out powerfully against slavery  
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