The Union in Peril - Chapter 10 Flashcards
To understand the conflict over slavery and other regional tensions that led to the Civil War.
Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
decision by a state to leave the Union
Secession
Series of measures that were intended to settle the disagreements between free states and slave states
Compromise of 1850
Idea that people living in a territory should make their own decisions, especially the decision to admit slavery
Popular sovereignty
Senator from Illinois who worked to pass the Compromise of 1850
Stephen A. Douglas
13th president
Millard Fillmore
Law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
Fugitive Slave Laws
Laws passed by Northern states forbidding the imprisonment of escaped slaves
Personal Liberty Laws
Secret network of people who hid fugitive slaves who went north to freedom
Underground Railroad
Famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Antislavery novel
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Law that split Nebraska into the territories of Nebraska and Kansas and allowed for popular sovereignty there
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fierce opponent of slavery who led a raid that killed five proslavery people
John Brown
Nickname given to the Kansas Territory because of the bloody violence there
Bleeding Kansas
