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history ch. 15 vocab
ch. 15 history vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wilmot Proviso | an 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the war with mexico |
| Free-Soil Party | a political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery |
| Stephen A. Douglas | sponser of the Kansas-Nebraska act and was challenging against Lincoln fot the US senate seat ("Little Giant"); believed popular soviergnty was best way to address slavery; democrat |
| Compromise of 1850 | a series of congressional laws that intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states |
| The Great Compromiser | Henry Clay |
| "Little Giant" | Stephen A. Douglas |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | an abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852 and caused much controversey |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a slave who was treated wrong by its owner and caused a lot of controversey |
| Fugitive Slave Act | an 1850 law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves |
| Popular Soviergnty | a government in which the people rule; a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | an 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery |
| John Brown | an extreme abolitionist who led a murder(killed 5) on proslavery people & known as "Bleeding Kansas"-- he later wanted to inspire slaves to fight for freedom & planned to capture weapons in US aresonal & was captured, tried for murder & treason,& hanged |
| Republican Party | political party formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery in the territories |
| John C. Fremont | republican candidate fot the 1856 presidential election who explored west and nicknamed "pathfinder"; hed had spoken in favor for admitting California and kansas as free and had little political background but unpopular so he didn't appear on the ballot |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | an 1856 supreme court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for freedom because he had been taken to live in the territroies where slavery was illegal; the court ruled against Scott |
| Roger B. Taney | chief Justice said dred Scott was not a US citizen and couldn't sue Us courts; ruled Scott was bound by missouri's slave code because he lived in missouri and declared missourt compromise unconstitutional |
| Abraham Lincoln | republican nominated to run for 1856 election; challenged against Douglas for his US senate seat; said he wouldn't abolish slavery in the south and won't allow it to expand; he won the election |
| Harper's Ferry | a federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 during a slave revolt |
| Platform | a statement of belief |
| secede | to withdraw |
| Confederate States of America | the confederation formed in 1861 by the southern staes after their secession from the Union |
| Jefferson Davis | named president of the Confederacy |
| Crittenden Plan | a compromise introduced in 1861 that might have prevented secession |
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