ch 15 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Wilmot Provisio | It outlawed slavery in any territory the U.S might aquire from the war with mexico |
| Free-soil Party | A political group dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery |
| Henry Clay | Helped create the Missouri Compromise in 1820/ senator form Kentucky |
| Daniel Webster | Supported the compromise for the sake of the union |
| Stephen A. Douglass | Made the compromise of 1850 |
| Compromise of 1850 | It settled disagreements between slave and free states |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | She was a writer and was angry about the part of the compromise of 1850 that helped slave holders recapture run away slaves |
| Uncle Toms Cabin | a novel about how slavery is immoral written by Harriet b. Stowe |
| Fugitive Slave Act | the part of the compromise of 1850 that helped slave holders recapture runaway slaves |
| PopularSovereignty | The people rule-the people vote to decide on an issue |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and whether their a slave state or free state |
| John Brown | an extreme Abolitionist |
| Republican Party | A group of people in 1854 that opposed slavery in the territories |
| John C. Fremont | A national hero who explored the west they called him the "Pathfinder" |
| James Buchanan | Democrats chose him to run for presidency and he was from Great britain |
| Dred Scott V. Sandford | Scott a slave sued for his freedom when his owner died but did not get it |
| Roger B. Taney | The chief Justice in Scott's case |
| Abraham Lincoln | Challenged Douglass for his U.S senate seat |
| Harpers Ferry | A federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured |
| Platform | A statement of belifes |
| Secede | To withdrawl |
| Confederate States of Smerica | The confederation formed by the southern states after their secssion |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the confederacy |
| Crittenden Plan | A compromise introduced in 1861 that might have prevented secession |
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