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Glencoe American History Ch.15
Chapter 15 vocabulary, important people, dates, and evetns.
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7th Grade
02/18/2009

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Missouri Compromise
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Missouri wanted to join the union, but because it wanted to join as a slave state, it would upset the balance in Congress. So, Maine, formerly part of Massachusetts, was added to the Union as a free state to balance out Missouri.
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Sectionalism
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exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of a country
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Henry Clay
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speaker of the house.
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Wilmot Proviso
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David Wilmot proposed that any land acquired from Mexico, slavery should be prohibited. John C. Calhoun proposed that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a territory. Neither proposal was passed.
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Zachary Taylor
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hero of Mexican War. 1848 Whig candidate.
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Free-Soil Party
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stood for Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men. Martin van Buren was the presidential candidate.
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fugitive
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runaway slave
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Compromise of 1850
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multi-part plan to settle all issues in Congress series of bills. passed
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Milliard Fillmore
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president in 1850
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Daniel Webster
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divided Clay's plan
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abstain
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to not vote
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Fugitive Slave Act
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required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves
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popular sovereignty
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letting the people decide
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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repealed the Missouri Compromise, and let people diecide
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border ruffians
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pro-slavery people who traveled in armed groups to vote in both Kansas and Missouri
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Republican Party
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Whigs, Democrats, and Free Soilers joined together
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1856 Republican candidate
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John C. Fremont
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1856 Democratic candidate
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James Buchanan
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Taney
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said that Constitution supported slavery
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Abraham Lincoln
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1858 ran for senator said that the government can not stand divided. 1860 won presidential election
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Freeport Doctrine
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Douglas's response at Freeport
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arsenal
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ammunition and weapons storage
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martyr
Definition
someone who dies for a good cause
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