American History Chapter 15
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sectionalism | Exaggerated LOYALTY to a particular region of the country. |
| Fugitive | Runaway |
| Secede | To leave from |
| Abstain | NOT to cast a vote |
| Free Soil Party | New party that nominated Martin Van Buren for president. Formed because neither Democrates or Republicans would take a stand on SLAVERY. Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor & Free Men. |
| Provisions of Missouri Compromise | 1. It admitted Maine as a free state 2. It admitted Missouri as a slave state 3. It established the 36/30 degree line which stated that any state ABOVE the line would be FREE and any state BELOW it will be SLAVE. |
| Wilmot Proviso | David Wilmot introduced this that slavery should be PROHIBITED in any lands that might be acquired by MEXICO. (Southerners protested this furiously!) |
| Calhoun's Proposal | John Calhoun's stated that neither Congress or any territorial government had NO AUTHORITY to BAN slavery from a territory or regulate it in any way. |
| Section 2 | Section 2 |
| Popular Sovereignty | Allowing the PEOPLE to decide. |
| Border Ruffians | Missourians that traveled in armed groups. |
| Civil War | Conflict between the citizens of the SAME COUNTRY. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | 1850, Required all citizens to hel catch runaways. Anyone who aided a fugitive could be fined or imprisoned. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Opened new lands for settlement, and had the effect of REPEALING the Missouri Compromise of 1820. (By allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory.) |
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