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Underground Railroad (Harriet Tubman)
Definition : A secret network for helping slaves escape from the South to the North and Canada in the years before the American Civil War. Significance : a route enslaved Black Americans took to gain their freedom as they traveled, often as far as Canada and Mexico. Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Missouri Compromise
Definination : Made Maine a free state / Mississippi a slave state . Also , said that NO slavery above 36'30' Line. Significance : kept a balance of free and salve states . Defined where salvery could be . Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Tariff of Abominations
Definition : was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States . Significance : The south hated it but the north like it . Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Wilmot Proviso
Definition : Proposed Banning Slavery In The Territory Acquired From Mexico,Except Texas,Congress Refused To Pass It! Significance : Led To The Creation Of The," Free -Soil Party", A Political Party Dedicated To Stopping The Expansion Of Slavery. Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Definition : allowed slave hunters to capture runaways. The runaways then were not allowed to have a trial and the decision made was the final decision. Significance : slaves kept running away from their masters and well they wanted them back. Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. Cite : -
Compromise of 1850
Definition : the series of the five acts , California was admitted as a free state, and New Mexico and Utah the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska settled by popular sovereignty. Significance : Congress's attempt to settle several outstanding issues involving slavery. Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Definition : an antislavery novel that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote . Significance : writing about the tales of slavery's cruelty and horror about slave life for a antislavery newspaper . Cite : Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Kansas-Nebraka Act
Definition: Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed popular sovereignty and whether to allow slavery or not . Significance : It created the Nebraska and Kansas territories. Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Sack of Lawrence
Definition : became the center of antislavery in the territory . Significance : The posse destoryed and looted many homes , businesses , town offices and etc . Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Know-Nothing Party
Definition : a secret anti-immigration fraternal organization . Significance : they swung voters from other canidates . Cite : Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
Brooks / Sumner Senate Caning
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Pottawatowie Massacre (Bleeding Kansas)
Definition : executed five men from a pro-slavery settlement on Pottawatomie Creek . Significance : Started the uprise of the civil war in Kansas . Cite : Cite : Ayers, E., Schulzinger, R, de la Teja, J., & White, D. (2008). American anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. -
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Free-soil Party