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Unit 11 Vocab Words

Causes of the Civil Warr

TermDefinition
Henry Clay Co-author of the Compromise of 1850
Stephan Douglas Co-author of the Compromise of 1850; propsed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephan Douglas Belived in popular sovereignty; ran against Lincon in Senate in 1858; lost presidental election in 1860
John C. Calhoun opposed the Compromise of 1850; predicted disunion
Compromise of 1850 Worked out when California applied for statehood
Compromise of 1850 outlawed the slave trade in Washington DC
Compromise of 1850 split Mexican Cession into Utah and New Mexico; popular soveriegnty would settle the question of slavery.
Wimlot Proviso proposal to ban slavery in the Mexican Cession
Fugative Slave Act Federal law that requiered northerns to assit in capturing runaway slaves
Uncle Tom's Cabin Fictional work used to potray the evils of slavery
Harriet Beecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
James Buchanan Democtart that won the presidental election in 1856
Dred Scott Decision Case involving a slave taht sued for his freedom; ruled that slavery could spread anywhere in the US
Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court case taht ruled slaves were property, not citiznes and that the Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty were unconstitutional.
Republican Party political party that formed to stop the spread of slavery; made up of abolitionists, Free soilers and northern whigs.
Free Soil Party formed as a result of the Wimot Proviso; first party taht opposed the spread of slavery
Kansas- Nebraska Act Law that repealed the Missouri Compromise; decided that popluar sovereingthy would settle status of slavery in Lousisana.
John Brown Abolitionist that had pro-slavery people massacred in Kansasl planned a slave rebellion in the south.
Bleeding Kansas referance to the mini-civil war that broke out as a result of teh Kansas-Nebraska Act
Charels Sumner Northern Senator that codmened the violence in Kansas and was beat with a cane
Preston Brooks Southern Congressman that caned Charles Sumner for his remarks over Bleeding Kansas
John C. Fremont Republic presidental canidate in 1856
Abraham Lincon Republican from Illonis that opposed the expanision of slavery; elected president in 1860
A House Divided Lincon's famous speach about the Union falling apart over the issue of slavery; given during the Lincon Douglas debates
Lincoln-Douglas Debates seven debates between Abraham Lincon and Stephan Douglas as they ran for Senate in 1858; made Lincon famous in teh Rebublican Party.
Roger Taney Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford
Election of 1860 presidental election in which four candidates ran for president; main issue was over the spread of slavery; Republican Abraham Lincon won and led to southern secession.
Harpers Ferry US army arsenal in Virgina that John Brown raided
Popular Sovereignty the idea that the people of a territory would vote on the issure of slavery
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre when John Brown hacked five pro-slavery people to death in Bleeding Kansas
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