| Term | Definition |
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| The northeners opposed allowing Missouri to be a slave state because the south would have a majority in senate so the Northeners did it so they wouldn't lose power | Why did Northerners oppose allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state? |
| As part of the missouri compromise, congress drew an imaginary line across the southern border of missouri at latitude 36 30N. Slavery was permitted in the part of the Lousiana Purchase south of that lin. It was banned north of the Missouri Compromise line.The only exception to this was missouri itself. | Explain the Missouri Compromise? |
| Because when the mexican war was over more new territories arose. | Why was there a conflict about slavery after the Mexican War? |
| Law passed in 1846 that banned slavery in any territory won by the United States from Mexico | What was the Wilmot Proviso? |
| They wanted slavery banned throughout the country. They said it was morally wrong | What did abolitionist want regarding slavery? |
| They thought that it should be allowed in any territory, and that any slaves that escaped from them should be returned | What did Southern slaveholders want regarding slavery? |
| Some moderates argued that the Missouri Compromise line should be extended across the Mexican Cession to the pacific. Any new state north of the line would be a free state.Any new states south of the line could allow slavery. | What did moderates want regarding slavery? |
| The right of people to create their goverment | What is popular sovereignty? |
| BIpartisan antislavery party founded in the United states in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories | What was the main goal of the Free-Soil Party? |
| It indicated that slavery had became a national issue | What did the success of the Free-Soil Party indicate? |
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