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10 Cards in this Set
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Popular Sovereignty
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Allowed citizens of each new territory to vote on whether to permit slavery.
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David Wilmot
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Introduced an amendment to the bill.
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Wilmot Proviso
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Banned slavery in all lands that would be acquired from Mexico.
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Zachary Taylor
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Mexican war hero.
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Free-Soil Party
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oppose the extension of slavery into the territories.
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Henry Clay
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Urged northern and southern senators to compromise.
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Daniel Webster
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Veteran Whig leader.
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Fire-Eaters
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A group of southern political leaders who held extreme pro-slavery views.
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John C. Calhoun
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South's elder statesman and a leading fire-eater with pro-slavery views.
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Millard Fillmore
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Favored the compromise.
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