Green-4 Flashcards
William Lloyd Garrison
White abolitionist writer and author
Abolition
Campaign to abolish slavery
Frederick Douglass
Abolitionist who was a former slave
The Grimke Sisters
Southern female abolitionists
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Kept the number of free states and slave states equal until the next state entered the union
Nat Turner
Led slave uprising that killed 60 whites; led to harsher slave laws
Nullification Crisis
Argument between John C. Calhoun (of SC) and Andrew Jackson over high tariffs, sectionalism, and states’s rights- the idea that a state can secede if they don’t like a law
John C. Calhoun
Vice President and for of Andrew Jackson; wanted SC to leave the union over high tariffs
Sectionalism
Loyalty to your section of the country (like North or South) over your loyalty to your country
State’s rights
The idea that states have certain right that the federal government should not violate
Mexican-American War
Causes: annexation of Texas
Results: gained New Mexico and California
Wilmot Proviso
Failed bill that would have banned slavery in land acquired in Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850
Prevented the Civil War by letting California in as a free state; abolished slave trade in DC; enforced runaway slave law (harsher slave laws)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas, which was a bad idea because people rushed in illegally to vote; led to violence (Bleeding Kansas)
Popular sovereignty
Let people choose (about slavery)
