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Social 8
Chapter 14.1&2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| popular sovereignty | people in the territory or state would vote on issues |
| secede | withdraw (leave) |
| fugitive | runaway enslaved people |
| Henry Clay | Great Compromiser who worked out Missouri Compromise |
| John C. Calhoun | Senator from South Carolina was against Clay's compromise felt Compromise would expose south to more attacks on slavery |
| Daniel Webster | Senator from Massachusetts called for the end of sectionalism |
| Sectionalism | loyalty to a state or region rather than the country as a whole |
| Wilmot Proviso | wanted to ban slavery in the West |
| Free Soilers | a new political party that wanted to keep slavery out of the west. |
| Compromise of 1850 | a solution to the slavery issue(5 bills passes on Clay's proposals) California=free state New Mexico,Utah=popular sovereignty (could vote) |
| Fugitive Slave Act | all citizens were to help catch runaway slaves. If not you would be fined or jailed. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Proposed by Stephen Douglas, suggested two new territories (Kansas and Nebraska) that would use popular sovereignty |
| John Brown | abolitionist who led a raid on U.S Army weapons stored at Harpers Ferry |
| Abolitionist | person who wanted to end (abolish) slavery |
| Bleeding Kansas | Kansas suffered wide spread violence between pro-slavery and antislavery settlers battling for control |
| Propaganda | false or misleading information use to spread a cause or idea (many thought Uncle Tom's Cabin was propaganda) |
| Harriett Beecher Stowe | published Uncle Tom's Cabin an antislavery novel |
| Stephen Douglas | pushed the Kansas-Nebraska act through Congress wanted railroad built through Nebraska Territory |