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darling U11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Henry Clay | Co-author of the comprmise of 1850 |
| Stephen Douglas 1 | Co-author of the comromise of 1850, proposed the Kansas-Nebraska act |
| Stephen Douglas 2 | Believed in popular sovereignty, ran against Linkoln for senate in 1858; lost presidential election of 1860 |
| John C. Calhoun | opposed to the compromise of 1850; predicted disunion |
| Compromise of 1850 1 | worke out when california applied for statehood |
| Compromise of 1850 2 | outlawed slave trade in Washington D.C. |
| Compromise of 1850 3 | Split meican cession into utah and new mexico, popular soverignty would decide slavery |
| Wilmot Proviso | proposal to ban slavery in mexican cession |
| Fugitive Slave Act | federal law that required northerners to assist in the capture of runaway slaves |
| Unce tom's cabin | fictional work used to portray evils of slavery |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | author of uncle tom's cabin |
| James Bucannan | democrat that won the election of 1856 |
| Dred Scott Decision | case involving a slave that sued for his freedom; ruled that slavery could spread anywhere in the US |
| Dred Scott V. Stanford | supreme court case that ruled that slaves are property, not citizens, and that the missouri compromise and popular sovereignty are unconstitutional |
| Republican Party | political party to stop the spread of slavery; made up of abolitionists, free-soilers, and northern whigs |
| Free Soil Party | formed as a result of the wilmot proviso, first party to oppose slavery |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | law that repealed the missouri compromise, decided that popular sovereignty would settle status of slavery in louisiana |
| John Brown | abolitionist that had pro-slavery people massacred in kansas; planned a slave rebellion in the south |
| Bleeding Kansas | reference to the mini civil war that broke out as a result of the kansas-nebraska act |
| Charles Sumner | northern senator that condemned violence in Kansas and was beat by a cane |
| Preston Brooks | southern congressman that beat charles sumner for his remarks over bleeding kansas |
| John C. Freemont | republican presidential candidate in 1856 |
| Abraham Lincoln | republican from illinois that opposed the expansion of slavery, elected president in 1860 |
| A House Devided | Lincoln's famous speech about the union falling apart over the issue of slavery; given during the Lincoln-Douglas debates |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates | seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas as they ran for the senate in 1858, made lincoln famous in the republican party |
| Roger Taney | Chief justice in Dred scott V. Sandford |
| Election of 1860 | presidential election in which four candidates ran for president, main issue was over the spread of slavery; republican abraham lincoln won an lead to southern secession |
| Harpers Ferry | US army arsenal in virginia that john brown raided |
| Popular Sovereignty | idea that the people of the territory should vote on the issue of slavery |
| Pottawatomie Creek Massacre | when john brown hacked 5 pro-slavery people to death in bleeding kansas |
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