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Chapter 16
Question | Answer |
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secede | to withdraw or leave |
fugitive | runaway enslaved person |
civil war | a war between opposing citizens of the same country |
John Brown | Man who led attacks on pro-slavery group in Kansas |
Kansas Nebraska Act | A proposal by Stephen Douglas to organized two new territories and let popular sovereignty decide the issue of slavery |
Compromise of 1850 | This allowed California to become a free state, but also created the Fugitive Slave Act |
Wilmot Proviso | A proposal to make all the territory gained in the Mexican-American war free from slavery |
Henry Clay | Nicknamed "The Great Compromiser" because he came up with the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. |
John C. Calhoun | Senator from South Carolina that was PRO slavery |
Daniel Webster | Senator from Massachusetts that was ANTI slavery but supported Clay's plan |
border ruffians | armed pro-slavery supporters who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas |