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an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
Missouri Compromise
A war between people of the same country
civil war
An 1854 law that established the territories of two states, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A place where guns were stored
arsenal
Unable to be changed
unamendable
government by consent of the governed
popular sovereignty
An agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
Border Ruffian
A betrayal of or action against one's country
treason
Agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
acquiescence
The bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
Free-Soil Party
One of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
War conducted by hit-and-run fighters
Guerrilla Warfare
A person who dies for his or her beliefs
martyr
A slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
To withdraw from membership in a group
secede
To find an answer or solution to something
Resolve
An 1857 supreme court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
To publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
denounce
To be made up of
Comprise
A runaway
fugitive
to suggest something for people to consider
propose
A political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
Republican Party
To keep in an existing state
maintain
Making it easy for something to happen
conducive