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SS: Ch. 15 Vocab
Vocab for US History Ch. 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bill proposed to prevent Southerners from taking territory from Mexico to extend slavery. It outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the Mexican War. | Wilmot Proviso |
| Political party created to stop the expansion of slavery. | Free-Soil Party |
| Made the Compromise of 1850. Proposed harsher slave laws to please south and admitted California as free. | Henry Clay |
| Senator who wanted to preserve the Union. | Daniel Webster |
| Won passage for the Compromise of 1850. | Stephen A. Douglas |
| Plan which settled the California problem. Admitted California as free, abolished slave trade in D.C., passed harsher slave laws, and banned passing laws regarding slavery in the new territories. | Compromise of 1850 |
| Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. Outraged about harsher slave laws. | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Book portraying slavery as evil. | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Law targeted towards runaway slaves. Provided for their easy capture and banned their right to a jury. | Fugitive Slave Act |
| Idea and system where residents decide and vote on an issue. | popular sovereignty |
| Bill that would replace the Missouri Compromise and organize the Nebraska Territory. Proposed that Nebraska Territory would be divided into Nebraska and Kansas. | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| Extreme and violent abolitionist. Was hanged after raid on Harpers Ferry. | John Brown |
| Party that opposed slavery and was made up of Northern Whigs and other anti-slavery people. | Republican Party |
| Republican presidential candidate. He did not have a controversial political record and agreed with the Republicans. | John C. Fremont |
| Democrat presidential candidate. Did not support or oppose slavery. Won the presidential election of 1856. | James Buchanan |
| Case made by Scott. He sued, claiming he was free because he lived in territories where slavery was illegal. Dred Scott was ruled against. | Dred Scott v. Sandford |
| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during Dred Scott v. Sandford. He said that Scott was not a citizen and could therefore not sue. He also ruled Scott was bound by Missouri's slave code. | Roger B. Taney |
| Illinois Republican who challenged Douglas for his Senate seat. He was later elected president in 1860. | Abraham Lincoln |
| City where a weapons arsenal was stored. It was raided by John Brown, but the raid was unsuccessful. | Harpers Ferry |
| Statement of beliefs. | platform |
| Withdraw from the Union. | secede |
| Nation created by seceded states. | Confederate States of America |
| President of Confederacy. | Jefferson Davis |
| Compromise plan proposed by John J. Crittenden. It did not pass. | Crittenden Plan |
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