exam reveiw chapter 10
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Terms | Definitions |
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 wimot provisio | a bill saying that california, as well as the territories of utah and new mexico, would be closed to slavery forever. this divided congress along regional lines, the law that was established to compromise with the north, and the south by using the fugitive slave act. |
| popular sovereignty | the right of residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery |
| compromise of 1850 | a series of resolution provisions to appease northerners, by making california a free state, as well and southerners,a new effective fugitive slave law. |
| fugitive slave act | a component of the compromise of 1850, that under law fugitives were not alowed a trial by jury, nor could they testify on their own behalf,a statement by the slave owner was all that was required |
| personal liberty laws | a law that forbid the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed that they would have jury trials. this law was the norths way of fighting the fugitive slaves acts |
| underground railroad | free african americans and white abolitionists developed a secret network of people who would help fugitive slaves escape |
| uncle toms cabin | a novel writien by harriet b stowe, this novel delevered a message about how tough slavery can be |
| kansas-nebraska act | a law passed to eliminate the missouri compromise and establish popular sovereignty by dividing the ara in to two nabraska north and kansas in the south |
| bleeding kansas | when many massacre started occuring do to slavery |
| nativist | someone who favors native-born americans over immigrants they supported the no nothing party and were people from the secret oganization called the star-spangled banner |
| republican party | a party formed from antislavery democrates and free-soilers, was united in opposing the kansas-nebraska act and in keeping slavery out of the territories |
| free-soil party | a party which opposed the extention of slavery in to the territories |
| dred scott decision | when dred scott staarted a lawsuit to gain his freedom, becouse he had lived in a free state |
| confederacy | confederate states of America |
| jefferson davis | became president |
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