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Zachary Taylor
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Whig pres 1849-1850. ratified the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. opposed secession. liked admitting CA and NM as free states into the Union. died b4 end of term
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Will LLyod Garrison
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the Liberator
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CAlhoun's Final Speech 1850
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southen senator wanted slavery to be let alone, runaway slaves returned, balance the number of free and slave states. (thought up separate president for the north and south)
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southern
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Fugitive Slave Law 1850
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denied fugitives a jury trial, prevented them from testifying on their own behalf, and allowed ex-slaves to be returned to the South if their master recognized him. major target for antislavery forces....Underground railroad
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Millard Fillmore
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pres 1850-1853 after Zach died. supported comp of 1850 and FSL. alienated from north
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Personal Liberty LAws
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passed in the north, inhibited the extradition of runaway slaves. state officials prohibited from anyone from pursuing a runaway slave. created in reaction to the FSL
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created in reaction to the FSL
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Underground Railroad
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secret Organization founded by Harriet Tubman. help slaves flee to north
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Compromise of 1850
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series of acts Congress hoped to solve dispute b/t abolitionists in the North and slave-holders in the South over the question of slavery in the territories gained in the Mex war. appease antislavery: slave trade prohibited in D.C. and CA joined as a free state. South: stricter FSL, remainder of land obtainted (Utah and NM) slavery determined by popular sovereignty. helped delay the Civil War for 10 years
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helped delay the Civil War for 10 years
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Gadsen Purchase
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Gadsen, S. Carolina railroad man appointed minister to Mex. told to buy land south of the Arizona territory from Mex b/c it was the best site for a Southern Transcontinental Railroad. US govt bought the land for $10 mil
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railroad...
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Franklin Pierce
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president 1853-1857. weak. supported comp of 1850, ratified the Gadsen Purchase, passed the Kansas Nebraska act, and the Ostend Manifesto failed
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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proposed by Stephn Douglass. used pop sov in Kansas and Nebrasks to decide the slave issure (kansas = slave, Nebraska free. North needed Nebraska to build a northern transcontinental railroad from SF to Chicago. South = slave state and repeal MI comp.
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Popular Soveraignty (pop sov)
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Senator Lewis Cass. pacify North and South by allowing the ppl of a newly formed state if they were going to legalize slavery or not.
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Know-Nothing (Am party) 1849
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3rd political party in the mid-1800s. despised immigrants...formed around nativism. grew fastafter Kansas-Nebraska Act...controlled a few state legislatures. only white protestantism could hold the UNion
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nativism
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Ostend Manifesto 1854
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policy to acquire Cuba as a slave state. allowed the US to seize Cuba if Spain did not sell it. north = "southern conspiracy"
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