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The Americans Ch 10

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Wilmot Proviso Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
secession Decision by a state to leave the Union
The Union The name of The Northern states during the Civil War
Confederacy "Confederate Sates of America," formed in 1861 by the Southern states that seceded from the Union
Compromise of 1850 Series of measures that were intended to settle the disagreements between free states and slave states
popular sovereignty Idea that people living in a territory should make their own decisions, especially the decision to admit slavery
debate to discuss or argue for or against
fugitive to run away from danger or arrest
compromise to come to an agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands
satisfy to supply what is wanted, expected, or needed
Fugitive Slave Act Law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
Kansas-Nebraska Act Law that split Nebraska into the territories of Nebraska and Kansas and allowed for popular sovereignty there
Dred Scott Slave who briefly taken by his owner into free territory
Roger B. Taney Chief Justice who wrote the ruling in the Dred Scott Case. He wrote that being in a free state did not make a slave free.
Abraham Lincoln President during the Civil War
Created by: Kathy Adams
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