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treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
a peace treaty between the US and mexico that officially ended the mexican american and mexico gave a large piece of land in the southwest for 15 million.
free soil party
party that formed from whig factions and was against slavery in new territories. also advocated for federally funded internal improvements.
republican party
organized in 1854 by antislavery whigs, democrats, and free soilers in response to the passage of the kansas-nebraska act.
popular sovereignty
a territory or state votes whether to have slavery or not.
compromise of 1850
attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories added to the united states in the wake of the mexican-american war. admitted california as a free state, Rio grande is the southern border, mexico cession split into utah and new mexico with popular sovereignty, and the fugitive slave act.
harriet beecher stowe
author and abolitionist who wrote uncle tom’s cabin.
kansas nebraska act
created kansas and nebraska and gave them both popular sovereignty, overturning the missouri compromise.
know nothing party
political party in the north that opposed immigration and catholic influence. answered question from outsiders with “i know nothing.”
dred scott decision
dred scott was a slave whose owner was in the military meaning he moved all over and scott was a slave in free states. scott brought this to a jury who originally gave him his freedom but then the case was overturned by the supreme court and it was taken away as they said he could not sue as a slave and property is protected by the constitution. people can now take slaves anywhere.
john brown
feice abolitionist who believed slavery could only be resolved by harsh slave uprisings. led the harper’s ferry raid then was hung.
