Flashcards: Nardella - 8 - CA6 - Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 John Brown | Murdered several pro-slavery settlers in Kansas |
| Harper's Ferry | John Brown's attempt to arm slaves in an armed rebellion |
| California | Entered the Union as a free state |
| Texas | Entered the Union as a slave state |
| When California became a state... | ...Slaves states were outnumbered |
| Missouri Compromise | Agreement to keep the number of free & slave states balanced |
| Compromise of 1850 | Attempt to keep the South from breaking away from the Union |
| Wilmot Proviso | Failed attempt to keep slavery out of the territories gained from Mexico - South feared it would lead to banning slavery everywhere. |
| State's Rights Doctrine | A state could leave the Union whenever it chose to do so |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | overturned the Missouri Compromise |
| While campaigning, Lincoln said slavery... | ...should be kept in the territories where it currently existed |
| Dred Scott Case | ruled that no black person could be a citizen of the US |
| Compromise of 1850 | allowed California to become a free state & began the Fugitive Slave Act |
| Daniel Webster | Fought against the breaking up of the Union |
| John Calhoun | He believed unfair laws, like the federal tariffs, were unconstitutional - and became an advocate for states' rights |