topic 8 vocab Flashcards
an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
Missouri Compromise
government by consent of the governed
popular sovereignty
the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the U.S in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
Free-Soil Party
to withdraw from membership in a group
secede
a runaway
fugative
an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
Compromise of 1850
one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
fugitive slave act
an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
a type of warfare in which small. informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
guerrilla warfare
Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
Border Ruffian
an 1857 supreme court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
Dred Scott v. Sandford
a political party established in the U.S in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
republican party
a place where guns are stored
arsenal
a betrayal or action against one’s country
treason
a person who dies for his or her beliefs
martyr
