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7 Cards in this Set
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Popular Sovereignty |
The idea that political power belongs to the people |
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Wilmot Proviso |
A document stating that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territory." |
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Secede |
Formally withdraw |
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Sectionalism |
Favoring the interests of one section over the interests of the entire country |
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Compromise of 1850 |
California was able to enter the union as a free state. The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into two territories-Utah and New Mexico |
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Fugitive Slave Act |
Made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas |
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Abolition |
Complete end to slavery |
