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chapter 15 ss
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the war with Mexico | Wilmot Proviso |
| political party dediated to stopping the expansion of slavery | Free-Soil Party |
| Illinois Senator who backed the Compromise of 1850 | Stephen A. Douglas |
| A series of laws that intened to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states | Compromise of 1850 |
| 1850 law menat to help slave holders recapture run-away slaves | Fugitive-Slave Act |
| Abololitionist; author of Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| novel published by Harriet beecher stowe published in 1852 that showed slavery as brutal and immoral | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| 1854 law that establisjed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery | Kansas-Nebraska Act |