An 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained form the war with Mexico.
What is Wilmot Proviso
100
A statement of beliefs
What is platform
200
Political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
What is Free-Soil Party
200
Delivered his opinion against scott in court
What is Roger B. Taney
200
Senator of Illinois
What is Stephen A. Douglas
200
Compromise of 1850
A series of congressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free and slave states
What is Compromise of 1850
200
A government in which the people rule, a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
What is Popular sovereignty
300
Helped create the Missouri compromise
What is Henry Clay
300
To withdraw
What is Secede
300
A compromise introduced in 1861 that might have prevented succession
What is Crittenden Plan
300
An 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
300
Extreme abolitionist
What is John Brown
400
Senator from Massachusetts “I wish to speak today, not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a northern man, but as an American….i speak today for the preservation of the union. Hear me for my cause.”
What is Daniel Webster
400
16th president
What is Abraham Lincoln
400
A federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 during slave revolt
What is Harpers Ferry
400
Had the nickname of “pathfinder” was a presidential candidate in 1856
What is John C. Fremont
400
Political party formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery in the territories
What is Republican Party
500
An 1850 law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves
What is Fugitive Slave Act
500
President of the confederacy
What is Jefferson Davis
500
The confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states after their secession from the union
What is Confederation States of America
500
An 1856 supreme court case in which slave, dred scott, sued for his freedom because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal; the court ruled against scott.
What is Dred Scott v Sandford
500
Democrat nominee in 1856 and was a minister to great Britain