US History Chapter 8 People and Events Flashcards
proposal of addition to war appropriations bill. It proposed that in any territory that the United States gained from Mexico “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist.”
Wilmont Proviso
group that opposed slavvery in the “free soil” of western territories.
Free Soil Party
end of 1849; 80,000 forty-niners had arrived to look for gold
Forty Niners
splitting of Henry Clays original proposal in order to get all the original parts passed.
Compromise of 1850
Any ordinary citizen can accuse and take runaway slaves into court.
Fugitive Slave Act
system of helping enslaved persons escape
Underground Railroad
most famous conductor of underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, that exploited slavery
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
US paid $10 million for this territory, present day Arizona, and New Mexico
Gadsen Purchase
made Kansas and Nebraska states, and repealled Missouri Compromise
Kansas Nebraska Act
Coalition of whigs and democrats
Republican Party
man (enslaved) who sued for his freedom after his slave holder had him live in free territory
Dred Scott
making Kansas a slave state, Lecompton was where the document was drafted
Lecompton Constitution
Douglas said he accepted Dred Scott ruling, but argued people could still keep slavery out by refusing to pass laws needed to regulate and enforce
Freeport Doctrine
abolishionist, developed plain to seize the federal arsenal free and arm enslaved people, begin rebellion against slaveholders, led raid on Harper Ferry
John Brown
