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Chapter 15 Vocab.
Chapter 15 Vocab. EL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An bill proposed by David Wilmot (representative from Pennsylvania) in 1846 to outlaw slavery in any territory the U.S. might acquire from the War with Mexico. | Wilmot Proviso |
| A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery. | Free-Soil Party |
| A Massachusetts senator who supported the Compromise of 1850 for the sake of the Union. | Daniel Webster |
| Senator from Illinois who helped make sure the Compromise of 1850 was passed. He was one of the most powerful members of Congress at the time and commanded great respect (called the "Little Giant"). | Stephen A. Douglas |
| Created by Henry Clay, California would be admitted as a free state, the slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C., Congress wouldn't pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories, and Congress would pass a | Compromise of 1850 |
| Opposed the Fugitive Slave Act and wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin to express her feelings about it. | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852, which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral. | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| An 1850 law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves. People accused under this law could be held without an arrest warrant and had no right to a jury trial; a federal commissioner ruled on each case. | Fugitive Slave Act |
| A system in which residents vote to decide an issue. | Popular sovereignty |
| An 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery. | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| An extreme abolitionist who, along with seven other men, conducted the Pottawatomie Massacre (murdered five people of the cabins of his proslavery neighbors). He also led the raid on Harper's Ferry. | John Brown |
| The political party founded in 1854 by opponents of slavery in the territories. | Republican Party |
| Nominated by the Republican Party in 1856 to run for president. | John C. Frémont |
| Nominated by the Democratic Party in 1856 to run for president, he won election. | James Buchanan |
| A Supreme Court case (1856) in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal. The Court ruled against Scott. | Dred Scott v. Sandford |
| Chief Justice who delivered his opinion in the case: Scott wasn't a U.S. citizen and couldn't sue in U.S. courts. He was also bound by Missouri's slave code (time in free territory irrelevant). Also said Congress couldn't ban slavery in territories. | Roger B. Taney |
| Illinois Republicans nominated him challenge Douglas for his U.S. Senate seat and he engaged in debates across Illinois. | Abraham Lincoln |
| A federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 during a raid by John Brown to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom. | Harpers Ferry |
| A statement of beliefs. | Platform |
| To withdraw (from the Union) | Secede |
| The confederation formed by Southern states that had seceded in 1861. | Confederate States of America |
| Named president of the Confederacy at a convention in 1861. | Jefferson Davis |
| A compromise presented to Congress by John J. Crittenden of Kentucky in February 1861 that might have prevented secession. | Crittenden Plan |
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