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ch.15 vocab JD
ch 15 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a bill (law) passed to outlaw slavery in any territory the us might aquire fron the war with mexico | Wilmot Proviso |
| political party dedicated to stopping slavery | free-soil party |
| senator that helped create the missouri compromise | Henry Clay |
| senatir that supported compromise | Daniel Webster |
| winning passage of plan laid in senators hands | Stephen A Douglas |
| became a law | compromise of 1850 |
| abolitionist that stepped up after heard of the comp.of 1850 | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| novel about slavery written by harriet beecher stowe | uncle toms cabin |
| system where residents vote to decide an issue | popular sovereignty |
| split the middle of the u.s. into nebraska and kansas territory | kansas-nebraska act |
| extreme abolitionist | john brown |
| northerners against slavery | republicans |
| presidential candidate for the republicans | john c frémont |
| democratic republican | james buchanan |
| dred scotts argument with sandford about him being free | dred scott vs sandford |
| said dred scott was not a citizen so he couldnt sue in court | roger b taney |
| battled douglas over slavery | Abraham Lincoln |
| us arsenal that held all the weapons in virginia | harpers ferry |
| statement of beliefs | platform |
| the south that had seceded | confederate states of america |
| withdraw | secede |
| president of confederacy | Jefferson DAVIS |