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Chapters 18-21 terms
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11th Grade
02/02/2011

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Stephen Douglas
Definition
proposed the kansas- nebraska act
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John C. Calhoun
Definition
"Great Nullifier"
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Daniel Webster
Definition
Whig and secretary of state, negotiated for land w/ Lord Ashburton
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William Seward
Definition
senator of NJ, gods moral law was higher than constitution.
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Harriet Tubman
Definition
Conductor of the underground railroad
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James Gadsden
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bought area of mexico from Santa Anna
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Henry Clay
Definition
"king of the whigs", "Great pacifier"
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Millard Fillmore
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took the presidency after Taylor died
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Definition
(white) published Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
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Hinton R. Helper
Definition
non-aristocrat (NC) wrote impending crisis of S.
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John Brown
Definition
abolitionist- Pottawotomie massacre
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James Buchanan
Definition
Democrat - President
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Dred Scoot
Definition
decision invaldated the missouri compromise (1820)
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Abraham LIncoln
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ran against douglas
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Jefferson Davis
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president- member of the senate
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popular sovereignty
Definition
allowing people to determine for themselves
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filibustering
Definition
taking out a bill
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Free soil party
Definition
short lived political party (anti-slavery)
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Fugitive Slave Law
Definition
punished runaway slaves
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Underground Railroad
Definition
rescued hundreds of runaway slaves
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Compromise of 1850
Definition
CA admitted as free, NM and UT = pop sov.
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Ostend Manifesto
Definition
prepare confidential recommendations for the acquisition of Cuba
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Kansas- Nebraska Act
Definition
created territories of KA and NB
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Definition
expressed hardships of slaves, written by Hariett Beecher Stowe
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The Impending Crisis of the South
Definition
Hinton R. Helper- tried to use statistics to prove that non-slave holding whites suffered the most from slavery
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Lecompton Constitution
Definition
stated that people were not allowed to vote for or against the consitution as a whole, only "with" or "without" slavery.
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"Bleeding Kansas"
Definition
Massacres and stuff
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Dred Scott Decision
Definition
invalidated the missouri compromise
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Harper's Ferry Raid
Definition
brown stole the arsenal
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Crittenden Compromise
Definition
designed to appease the south
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King Cotton
Definition
surplus in Britain
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Border States
Definition
missouri, kentucky, maryland, delaware, west virginia
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Fort Sumter
Definition
Charleston Harbor, needed supplies
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Union
Definition
the states
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Confederacy
Definition
government
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