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Popular Sovereignty: The idea that political authority belongs to the people. |
Sectionalism: a devotion to interests of one geographical region over the interests of the country as a whole. |
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Secede: To formally withdraw from the Union. |
Wilmot Proviso: a proposal to outlaw slavery in the territory added to the United States by the Mexican Cession; passed in the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate. |
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Compromise of 1850: Henry Clays proposed agreement that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into two territories where slavery was decided by popular sovereignty. |
Fugitive Slave Act: |
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