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AMH 0.4 Union crisis
| Ter | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Wilmot Proviso | ban on slavery from any US territory gained from mexico as a result of war |
| Free Soil Party | Northern opponents of slavery formed this to prevent the expansion of slavery to the west |
| Compromise of 1850 | California admitted as a free state, but other mexico acquired territory, voters decided the slavery issue themselves |
| popular sovereignty | the right of the people living in a newly organized territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature whether or not slavery would be permitted there |
| fugitive slave act | A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free state |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | American author. She was best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin, which helped the abolitionist cause and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War |
| Kansas Nebraska act | divided the Nebraska territory into Kansas and Nebraska, and voters in each territory would decide on slavery by the voters |
| John Brown | NY abolitionist radical abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of the slavery system. Only a small amount of slaves joined |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | 1857 Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were not citizens; that living in a free state or territory, even for many years, did not free slaves; and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. |
| Roger Taney | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote an opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott case that declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. |
| Abraham Lincoln | self educated lawyer in Illinois, opposed Kansas Nebraska act. He opposed Douglas (a powerful speaker/politician) who promoted popular sovereignty. Lincoln won the debates and became the 16th American President (REP) |
| John C. Breckinridge | The South's pro-slavery Democratic candidate in the election of 1860. Completed the split of the Democratic Party by being nominated. |
| Confederate States of america | South Carolina was the first to secede, followed by six other states after Lincoln's election was confirmed |
| Jefferson Davis | former Mississippi senator chosen by the confederation to be president of the newly formed confederation. He supported the compromise of 1850, but wanted the south left alone to manage itself |
| Crittenden Compromise | a call for federal funds (by Jefferson Davis) to reimburse slaveholders for unreturned fugitives |
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