older slaves the plantation owner thought were loyal
What is drivers
200
leader of nullification movement
What is President Calhoun
200
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, and slavery was prohibited north of the southern border of Missouri
What is Missouri Compromise
300
a tax on imports
What is tariffs
300
a free slave that wanted to claim he was a free slave through the Supreme Court
What is Dred Scott
300
legislature passed by Congress that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, slave trading entered District of Columbia, Texas gave up claim to New Mexico
What is Compromise of 1850
400
the belief by the people in a given region or area that their ideas and interests are better and more important than those of another area
What is sectionalism
400
publisher of The Liberator, antislavery movement
What is William Lloyd Garrison
400
accepted the Compromise of 1850 but agreed to resist if the North did not live up to its obligations or if it hindered slavery.
What is Georgia Platform
500
the idea of voiding and not following national laws within a state
What is nullification
500
a Georgia leader who opposed the Mexican-American war
What is Alexander Stephens
500
legislature that created territories of Kansas and Nebraska and that contained a clause on popular sovereignty