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| Word.<3 | Definition. (; |
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| Wilmot Proviso | A bill that proposed to ban slavery in many territories. |
| Free-Soil Party | A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery. |
| Henry Clay | U.S. senator from Kentucky who proposed the Compromise of 1850. |
| Daniel Webster | U.S. senator from Massachussets who supported the Compromise of 1850. |
| Stephen A. Douglass | U.S. senator from Illinois who worked to pass the Compromise of 1850. |
| Compromise of 1850 | Effort by Congress to settle the issure of slavery in the territories that arose when California was admitted as a free state. |
| Harriet Beecher Stove | Author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom's cabin. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stove. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Law that helped slaveholders recapture runaway slaves. |
| Popular Sovereignty | A system where residents vote to decide an issue. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Law that split the Nebraska territory into Kansas and Nebraska and allowed people to vote on slavery in these territories. |
| John Brown | An extreme abolitonist. |
| Republican Party | Antislavery political party that formed in the 1850's. |
| John C. Fremont | Republican Party candidate in the 1856 presidental election. |
| James Buchanan | 15th president. |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | Court case that extended the rights of slaveholders and limited legal efforts to challenge slavery. |
| Roger B. Taney | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who wrote the lead opinion in the Dred Scott case. |
| Abraham Lincoln | Illinois Reoublican candidate for the U.S. senate in 1858. |
| Harpers Ferry | Location of U.S. arsenal in Virginia, which was raided by John Brown. |
| Platform | A statement of beliefs. |
| Secede | To formally withdrawv from the Union. |
| Confederate States of America | Confederation formed by the seceded Southern states. |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy. |
| Crittenden Plan | Compromise plan to prevent secession. |