US History Chapter 10

Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico

Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.

decisions made to help settle the disagreements between free states and slave states

idea that territories make their own decisions, especially on the issue of slavery

Senator who worked to pass the Compromise of 1850

13th president of the US who supported the Compromise of 1850

-law that imposed harsh punishment for escaped slaves and for anyone who helped them

laws that banned the imprisonment of escaped slaves and also guaranteed that escaped slaves would have jury trials.

network of hiding places and volunteers that hid fugitive slaves heading north to freedom. (Harriet Tubman)

an escaped slave who was a leader of the Underground Railroad

author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

a novel about the horrors of slavery

law that split Nebraska into Nebraska and Kansas, and each state was allowed popular sovereignty (whether or not they wanted slavery).

opponent of slavery that led a raid (Bleeding Kansas) killing 5 proslavery people

nickname given to the territory because of the bloody violence there

14th US president

favoring native-born people over immigrants

political party formed by nativists to stop the influence of immigrants

-political party opposed extending slavery in the territories.

political party formed in 1854 opposing the extension of slavery in the territories

newspaper editor who founded/supported the Republicans

1st Republican presidential candidate

15th US president

slave who briefly resided with his owner in a free state. He claimed that this made him a free man

In Dred Scott v. Sanford, this Chief Justice ruled that being in a free state did not make a slave free because slaves were considered property.

16th US president-President who opposed slavery and popular sovereignty

topic of debates was slavery in the territories

idea that any territory could ban slavery by refusing to pass laws supporting it.

location of the federal arsenal raided by John Brown to get guns to slaves

Confederate States of America, formed by the Southern States that seceded from the Union

President of the Confederate States of America