ayo,chp 15 Word Scramble
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Word.<3 | Definition. (; |
Wilmot Proviso | A bill that proposed to ban slavery in many territories. |
Free-Soil Party | A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery. |
Henry Clay | U.S. senator from Kentucky who proposed the Compromise of 1850. |
Daniel Webster | U.S. senator from Massachussets who supported the Compromise of 1850. |
Stephen A. Douglass | U.S. senator from Illinois who worked to pass the Compromise of 1850. |
Compromise of 1850 | Effort by Congress to settle the issure of slavery in the territories that arose when California was admitted as a free state. |
Harriet Beecher Stove | Author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom's cabin. |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | Antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stove. |
Fugitive Slave Act | Law that helped slaveholders recapture runaway slaves. |
Popular Sovereignty | A system where residents vote to decide an issue. |
Kansas-Nebraska Act | Law that split the Nebraska territory into Kansas and Nebraska and allowed people to vote on slavery in these territories. |
John Brown | An extreme abolitonist. |
Republican Party | Antislavery political party that formed in the 1850's. |
John C. Fremont | Republican Party candidate in the 1856 presidental election. |
James Buchanan | 15th president. |
Dred Scott v. Sandford | Court case that extended the rights of slaveholders and limited legal efforts to challenge slavery. |
Roger B. Taney | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who wrote the lead opinion in the Dred Scott case. |
Abraham Lincoln | Illinois Reoublican candidate for the U.S. senate in 1858. |
Harpers Ferry | Location of U.S. arsenal in Virginia, which was raided by John Brown. |
Platform | A statement of beliefs. |
Secede | To formally withdrawv from the Union. |
Confederate States of America | Confederation formed by the seceded Southern states. |
Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy. |
Crittenden Plan | Compromise plan to prevent secession. |
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