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Divided Nation
chapter 15-pre Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wilmot Proviso | a document stating that "neither slavery nor involuntary service shall ever exist in any part of the territory." |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that political power belongs to the people |
| Compromise of 1850 | A plan to maintain national peace |
| Fugitive Slave Act | a crime to help run away slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in the free areas. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | The anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Frank Pierce | a politician from New Hampshire. promised to honor the Compromise of 1850 and the Fug Slave Act. (14th president)Became president in 1853-1857. |
| Whig's | political party that had Henry Clay as representative. |
| Winfield Scott | Mexican War hero chosen by the Whig's in 1852 to run for president. Did not win-did not support the Compromise of 1850. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | plan that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into 2 territories: Kansas and Nebraska and let them each decide on slavery |
| Sack of Lawrence | 800 pro-slavery men rode to city of Lawrence saying the were committing treason. Set fires, looted buildings, destroyed presses |
| Pottawatomie Massacre | Brown and men killed 5 pro-slavery men in Kansas |
| Charles Sumner | pro-slavery politician, beaten in Senate chambers by Brook's. Speaking his views about slavery. |
| Preston Brooks | May 22nd Brook's used a cane to beat Charles Sumner on the Senate chamber |
| new Republican Party | a political party united against the spread of slavery in the west |
| election of 1856 | Buchanan became president |
| Dred Scott | Slave of Dr John Emerson, 1830 became the slave of Emerson's widow, wanted his freedom. |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Lincoln challenged Davis; lost debates but won national recognition |
| John Brown | started a slave rebellion, sent men to get others but others would not join. White southerners attacked Brown. 8 men died |
| Harper's Ferry | John Brown tried to take over to start the slave rebellion |
| election 1860 | Lincoln became president |
| Lincoln | 16th president; |
| secession | formally withdraw from the Union |
| Crittenden's plan | plan written by Sen John Crittenden to preserve the union and satisfy the south about slavery. Rejected by Republicans |
| Confederate States of America | Confederacy; Rights to own slaves, in the southern states (MS, Fl, AL, GA, TX, ) |
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