Ch. 15 Sec 1 Vocab
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swimmerchick on April 8, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Wilmot Proviso | An 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the war with mexico |
| Free-Soil Party | A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery |
| Henry Clay | Senator from Kentucy who created the Compromise of 1820 and 1850 |
| Daniel Webster | Senator from Massachusetts who supported the Compromise of 1850 fro sake of the Union |
| Stephen A Douglas | Senator from Illionis who had to get Compromise of 1850 passed to be law |
| Compromise of 1850 | A series of Congressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states |
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