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Slavery Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Missouri Compromise | An agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36*30´ latitude |
| Abolition | An end to slavery |
| Wilmot Proviso | A proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico |
| California Gold Rush | The large migration to California after gold had been discovered there |
| Compromise of 1850 | Series of laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states |
| Underground Railroad | A network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places |
| Dred Scott V. Sanford | A Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued unsuccessfully for his freedom because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illeagal |
| Harpers Ferry | A federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 during a slave revolt led by John Brown |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the United States from 1861-1865; shot to death by John Wilkes Booth wile attending a play if Fords´ Theatre in 1865 |
| Milledgeville | Georgiaś forth state capital, from 1804 to 1865 |
| Jerfferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America from 1862-1865 |