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Unit 10B Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Henry Clay | Co-author of the Compromise of 1850 |
Stephan Douglas | Co-author of the Compromise of 1850; proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
Stephan Doouglas | Believed in popular sovereignty; ran against Lincoln for Senate in 1558; lost presidential election in 1860 |
John C. Calhoun | Opposed to the Compromise if 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 sovereignty would settle the question of slavery |
Fugitive Slave Act | federal law that required northerners to assist in capturing runaway slaves |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | Fictional work used to portray the evils of slavery |
Harriet Beecher Stow | Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
James Buchanan | Democrat that won the presidential election in 1856 |
Dred Scott Decision | Case involving a slave that sued for his freedom |