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CHAPTER 15
DIVIDED NATION
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| TARIFF | TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS- NORTH LIKED -SOUTH DISLIKED |
| STATE'S RIGHTS | WANTED POWER TO THE STATES NOT FEDERAL GOV'T |
| COMPROMISE OF 1820 | ESTABLISHED 36'30 LINE FOR SLAVERY |
| COMPROMISE OF 1850 | SETTLED SLAVERY DISPUTE IN WEST |
| WILMOT PROVISO | WANTED TO OUTLAW SLAVERY IN NEW TERRITORIES- DID NOT PASS |
| FREE-SOIL PARTY | SUPPORTED WILMOT PROVISO |
| popular sovereignty | LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON THE ISSUE |
| HARRIET BEECHER STOWE | WROTE UNCLE TOM'S CABIN- HELPED ABOLITIONIST CAUSE |
| SECTIONALISM | FAVORING A REGION OVER COUNTRY |
| KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT | A PLAN TO DIVIDE NEW LAND AND LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON SLAVERY |
| POTTAWATOMIE MASSACRE | JOHN BROWN AND SONS KILLED FIVE PRO-SLAVERY PEOPLE |
| BROOKS/SUMNER | VIOLENCE ON SENATE FLOOR OVER DEBATE ON SLAVERY |
| HARPER'S FERRY | JOHN BROWN AND SONS RAIDED A VIRGINIA ARSENAL TO ARM SLAVES |
| LINCOLN-DOUGLAS | SERIES OF DEBATES OVER THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY- REPUBLICAN V DEMOCRAT |
| CRITTENDEN PLAN | A LAST CHANCE EFFORT TO TRY TO AVOID THE CIVIL WAR |
| JEFFERSON DAVIS | PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN STATES |
| CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA | SOUTHERN STATES NEW GOVERNMENT |
| SECEDE | TO FORMALLY WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION |
| FUGITIVE SLAVE LAWS | MADE IT A CRIME TO HELP RUNAWAY SLAVES |
| DRED SCOTT DECISION | SUED FOR HIS FREEDOM AND LOST |
| ROGER B. TANEY | CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHO RULED AGAINST DRED SCOTT |