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public domain
Land owned by the government
specie
Gold, silver or other coined money (as opposed to paper currency)
Proviso
A clause in a statute, contract, or the like by which a condition is introduced;
a stipulation or a condition
Wilmot Proviso
Introduced to prevent introduction of slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.
Popular sovereignty
Belief that legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of it's people.
Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
Declared that all runaway slaves had to be brought back to their masters (therefore no more escape to another state).
Ostend Manifesto
Secret document describing the US' plan to acquire Cuba from Spain.
Omnibus bill
A bill including numerous items or subjects.
nativism
Organized social/political movement which advocates a higher status for certain established members members of a nation as opposed to immigrants' claims.
stereotype
A characteristic or set of characteristics, usually negative, attributed to all members of a group.
“free soil”
No slavery expansion, but not abolition—free men on free soil are a morally and economically superior system to slavery.