Chapter 17 Social Studies Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Confederacy | The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 |
| Compromise of 1850 | Settled the arguments with the North and South for a little while, and called for new requirements for slavery. Ex. California was admitted as a free state to the Union. |
| Fugitive Slave Law | Denied slaves the right to a jury trial, anyone helping a slave escape could be fined and jailed, slave catchers were paid to bring slaves back. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | A best-seller tale of the brutal treatment of a plantation slave who is beaten to death, caused anger to rise in the North |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | All started over building a railroad, turned into another crisis over slavery in different parts of the U.S. |
| Dred Scott Descision | Stated that African Americans had no right to a trial, and that they were not citizens. Also said that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, since slaves are property. |
| Bleeding Kansas | A 3-year long fight over slavery out West, where proslavery and antislavery forces clashed over if slavery should be allowed in the territory. |
| Secede | To break away from the United States |
| Harpers Ferry Raid | When John Brown broke into a federal arsenal, planning to steal weapons and give them to escaped slaves to start a revolt in the South. |
| Popular Sovereignty | The right to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. |
| States' rights | The idea that states may nullify federal laws. |
| Fort Sumter | A federal fort in South Carolina, a fight broke out in 1861 and the Confederacy gained control of the Fort. |
| Republican Party | Committed itself to antislavery issues, took stands against the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Law. |
| Abraham Lincoln | First Republican President, did not support slavery |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, wanted to impact people with the evil treatment of slaves |
| Stephen Douglas | Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, ran in the 1860 election, Democrat |
| Zachary Taylor | Opponent of compromise, died in office |
| John Brown | A passionate abolitionist, encouraged violence, went to great measures to try and stop slavery. |
| Henry Clay | When the Senate met to discuss slavery, he proposed that California was admitted as a free state, but not restricting slavery in the other territories gained from Mexico. He also proposed a more agressive fugitive slave law. |
| Jefferson Davis | The elected President of the Souther Confederate States of America. |
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