| Term | Definition |
|---|
| cede | give up land to another nation |
| popular sovereignty | the ability for the ppl of a territory to vote on whether or not to allow slavery |
| secede | to break away southern states ceded from the union |
| the key issue that led to the civil war | whether or not slavery would be allowed to expand into the western territories, because these territories would be carved into states |
| why was the issue of slavery such a big deal for the states | because congress needed to maintain a balance of free and slave states |
| The Missouri Compromise | applied to the LA purchase territory |
| The missouri compromise | missouri entered the union as a slave state and Maine entered the union as a free state, balancing congress |
| the missouri compromise | a line was drawn, all land to the north was supposed to be free forever |
| 1854 | the year forever (as stated in the missouri compromise) ended |
| the compromise of 1850 | california entered the union as a free state |
| the compromise of 1850 | the mexican cession territory was granted popular (it was outside of the area that was supposed to be free) |
| the compromise of 1850 | a strict fugitive slave law was passed |
| fugitive slave law | required everyone to report runaway slaves so that they could be forcibly returned to their owners in the south |
| the kansas nebraska act 1854 | repealed the missouri compromise line |
| the kansas nebraska act 1854 | granted popular sovereigntyto the territories of kansas and nebraska, which was supposed to be forever free |
| the kansas nebraska act 1854 | bloody fighting occured between pro and anti slavery forces |
| the kansas nebraska act 1854 | the uproar over this led to the birth of the republican party, which opposed the spread of slaver into the territories |
| the dred scott decision 1857 | ruled that since he was not a citizen he had no rights, and had the same status as livestock and land |
| the dred scott decision 1857 | declared the missouri compromise to be unconstitutional |
| the dred scott decision 1857 | supreme court decision that overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery |
| the dred scott decision 1857 | supreme court decision that angered northern abolitionists |
| the lincoln douglas debates 1858 | a series of debates |
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