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mrs maney Ch.13vocAB
Ch. 13 vocAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Underground r.r | routes for escaping slaves. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | all captured slaves had to be returned to their masters. |
| Uncle toms cabin | book by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| kansas-nebraska act | The greatest single step towards the american civil war |
| Steven Douglas | Kansas Nebraska act. |
| Nativism | fear of hatred of immigrants, alien political movement, and ethnic minorities. |
| Know nothing party | closely associated with americanism, or nativism. |
| American party | national organization, important to north and south. |
| Bleeding kansas | people free decided to permit slavery. attacked town of Lawrence. term applied to state |
| James Buchanan | democratic party. won 1856 election. |
| Dredd scott decision | Missouri compromise was ruled unconstitutional during it. |
| commodore perry | first american to get japan to open up to outside trade. |
| crittenden comprimise | would have guaranteed future slavery south of Missouri compromise line. |
| Harpers Ferry | john brown wanted to attack this to seize federal arsenal and arm slaves. |
| john bell | had most support with const. union party in election by border states of kentuky. va, and tenesee |
| lecompton consitution | pro slavery document adopted in kansas by its constitutional convention |
| ostend manifesto | american statement that america should buy or seize cuba |
| patawatomie creek | where john brown and his sons killed 5 free soldiers in kansas |
| young america | argued that democracy would triumph everywhere. |