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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wilmot Proviso | A proposal that would have banned slavery in the land the United States gained from the Mexican-American War. It was never passed, but it increased arguments between the North and South. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | A law passed in 1850 that required escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers, even if they were found in a free state. It made many Northerners angry. |
| Free Soil Party | A political party that wanted to stop slavery from spreading into new western territories. They believed new land should be free for workers, not slavery. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | An author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her book showed the cruelty of slavery and convinced many people in the North to oppose it. |
| Stephen A. Douglas | A U.S. senator who believed the people living in a territory should vote to decide if slavery would be allowed. This idea was called popular sovereignty. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | A famous book by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the harsh realities of slavery. It changed many people's opinions and increased support for ending slavery. |
| Compromise of 1850 | A group of laws that tried to reduce conflict between the North and South by giving each side something it wanted. It admitted California as a free state but also included the Fugitive Slave Act. |
| A law passed in 1854 that allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether slavery would be allowed. This led to violent fighting called Bleeding Kansas. |
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