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Missouri Compromise
Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state
sign. created a balance between free and slave states -
Tarrif of abominations
incresed the price of british goods
sign. forced southerners to buy northern goods, helped drive a wedge between jackson and his vice president -
Wilmot Provis
proposal to ban slavery in territory gained from mexico
sign. helped to increase sectional differences -
Free-soil party
people of all political parties who opposed slavery's spread
sign. formed by some northern whigs and democrats and members of a small antislavery party known as the liberty party, was a term for land on which slavery did not exist. -
Compromise of 1850
five laws based on clay's resolutions
sign. the senate debate over clay's resolution was one of the greatest in its history and it marked the end of an era of political leadership in congress -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
a book by Harriet Beecher Stowe that talks about the cruelty of slavery to africans
sign. it changed the way many americans view slavery and also started the war -
Fugitive Slave Act
made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves
sign. made northerners angry and began rescuing slaves and made southerner leaders talk of seceding from the union