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Missouri Compromise
Define- Maine became free, Missouri a slave state. Defined 36/30 line as slaver line
Sig.- Balanced slave and free states. Created a boundary for slavery -
Tariff of Abominations
Define- A time period betwenn 1824-1828 where tariffs were raised. of course this made Southeners ferious
Sig.- This eventually led to the nullification theory. Meaing that if any law passed by Congressis thought unconstitutional by the state, they could nullify it -
Wilmont Proviso
Define- A ban to slavery in territory gained from Mexico
Sig.- Showed that Abe was deffinently not in favor of slavery -
Free-Soil Party
Define- A political party formed by Notheners who opposed slavery
Sig.- Help stop the spread of slavery -
Compromise of 1850
Define- 5 laws passed by Millard Filmore in support of Henry Clay's plan
Sig.- To kind of balance out slavery -
Fugitive Slave Act
Define- Imposed heavy penalties on a person who aided run-away slaves or who blocked or refused to help in their capture
Sig.- Made it even harder for a slave to escape completely -
Underground Railroad
Define- A network of people who helped slaves escape to the North
Sig.- How much Norttheners cared and how bad slaves hated being slaves -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Define- A series of short stories about slaves posted for an anti-slavery newspaper by Harriet B. Stowe
Sig.- It showed how Northeners sawslavery -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Define- Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote slave or not
Sig.- To balance out free and slave states -
Republican Party
Define- A political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the West
Sig.- Another party to stop slavery West because they kno the more slave states, the more power they will have -
Know-Nothing Party
Defin- A mid-1800s secret anti-immigration fraternal orginization
Sig.- Stopping immigration -
Sack of Lawrence
Define- When a pro-slavery sheriff and about 80 men rode into Lawrence and during this they basically destroyed the town
Sig.- Showed how bad they hated slavery -
Pottawatomie Massacre
Define- An incident in which abolitionist John Brown and 7 others men pulled 5 pro-slavery settlers out their cabin and executed them
Sig.- Showed how some anti-slavery felt toward slavery -
Election of 1856
Define- Election between Democrats: Pierce, Douglas, and James Buchanan; Republicans: John Fremont; And Know-Nothings: Millard Filmore -
Dred Scott Decision
Define- African American not U.S Citizens, Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, Congress no right to band slavery in federal states
Sig.- Showed that slaves were property not people -
Freeport Docturine
Define- Stephen A. Douglas reply to the Dred Scott Decision
Sig.- Basically saying either slave or free, the UNion would eventually have to choose -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Define- 7 huge debates held in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas
Sig.- To show differences between the North and South -
Harper Ferry Incident
Define- John Brown tried to steal weapons and give them to the slaves for them to use to escape. he was caught and executed
Sig.- Northeners didn't want anyone to help the slaves a=in any kind of way -
Election of 1860
Define- Basically Lincoln and Douglas goes at it again but this time for the presidency. Abe wins
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