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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| How was the control of the house in the North in 1848? | the house was in good shape and had solid control of the house. |
| how many states were there in 1848? | 28 states; 15 slave states v. 13 slave states |
| what did the wilmot proviso propose? | that all the territory the US gets from war with mexico should be free states. |
| popular sovereignty | people in the state will vote to be either a slave or free state. |
| in the compromise of 1850, what state automatically became a free state? | california |
| Fugitive Slave Act | people in north had to catch and return runaway slaves. |
| what happened to the civil war after the compromise of 1850? | the civil war got postponed. |
| who wrote uncle tom's cabin? | harriet beecher stowe in 1852 |
| what did uncle tom's cabin do to people? | it condemned slavery and the fugitive slave act. |
| how did the kansas-nebraska act start? | it started because stephen douglas proposed to organize western lands for settlement. |
| what did the kansas-nebraska act overturn and why? | it overturned the missouri compromise so it can allow white settlers in new territories to decide the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty. |
| what was bleeding kansas? | it was between pro slaver and anti slavery men and they kill each other for supremacy |
| what year was the caning of charles sumner | 1856 |
| what happened between preston brookes (south carolina congressman) and charles sumner? | preston brookes beat charles sumner with a cane (abolitionist v. "fire eater" |
| what was dred scott's story? | dred scott's slaveowner took him to a free state, and when they got back, the slaveowner died and dred ordered that he was a free man because he lived in a free state. |
| what was the decision of dred scott v. stanford? | it was a 7-2 decision against scott. they said that he does not have the rights as a person so therefore he is not free. |