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| slavery in mexican cession why? and solution. |
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The federal gov. did not abolish slavery where it already existed.
Lloyd Garrison burned the constitution.
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| Wilmot Proviso: David Wilmot |
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| proposal to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico |
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| Compromise of 1850 led by: |
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| Henry Clay: "the great pacificator" |
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| Five resolutions of the Compromise of 1850 |
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| 1.California free 2. New Mexico and Utah without slavery provision 3. Texas/New Mexico border dispute resolution 4. abolition of slave markets in DC 5. new Fugitive Slave Law |
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| Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 |
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| Engineered by Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois. Proposed to set up territorial governments and resolve question of slavery on basis of "popular sovereignty" |
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| provoked civil war in Kansas. provoked hot debate in congress and across the nation. proved a catastrophe for sectional harmony. |
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"free state" at Lawrence and "slave state" at Lecompton.
Pro-Slavery at Lecompton constitution provoked bitter debate in Congress. |
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| Know-Nothing Party or American Party |
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| advocated anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic policies. |
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