| Term | Definition |
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| They opposeed it because then Missouri's admission would give the south a majority of the vote | Why did Northerners oppose allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state? |
| The missouri compromis was when Clay told the south to make Maine a free state and let Missouri be a slave state. | Explain the Missouri Compromise? |
| There was a conflict after the Mexican War because the land won fronm the Mexican in the wqewst wan all slave free. | Why was there a conflict about slavery after the Mexican War? |
| Wilmot Provise was when a man named wilmot called for a law saying that land won from the Mexicans is slave free land. | What was the Wilmot Proviso? |
| Abolitionists wanted the whole country to be free. | What did abolitionist want regarding slavery? |
| Southern slaveholders thought that slavery whould be allowed in any territory. | What did Southern slaveholders want regarding slavery? |
| Moderates argued that the Missouri Compromise line should be extended across the Mexican Cession to the Pacific. | What did moderates want regarding slavery? |
| popular sovereignty is the right of people to create their own government. | What is popular sovereignty? |
| The mnain goal of the free-soil-party was to keep slavery out of the western territories. | What was the main goal of the Free-Soil Party? |
| It indicated that slavery had become a national issue. | What did the success of the Free-Soil Party indicate? |
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