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popular sovereignty
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the idea that political power belongs to the people; some leaders encouraged this to decide on banning or allowing slavery in the Mexican Cession
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Wilmot Proviso
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a document saying that slavery won't ever exist in the Mexican Cession; offered by David Wilmot, a northern representative. Vetoed by Senate.
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sectionalism
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favoring the intrest of one section or region over the intrest of the entire area; vetoing of Wilmot Proviso raised questions on sectionalism within the Senate
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Free-Soil Party
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political party with antislavery northerners who supported the Wilmot Proviso after the sectionalism issue
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secede
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to formally withdraw, in this case, from the Union; the Southern states did so after many debates over slavery in the USA
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Compromise of 1850
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when California entered the US as a free state, and the rest of the Mexican Cession (Utah and Mexico) would decide if they supported slavery by popular sovereignty
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Fugitive Slave Act
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made it a crime to help slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas, and those slaves could not testify on their behalf
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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an antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe; written to educate northerners about slavery after she met with and learned about fugitive slaves
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Pottawatomie Massacre
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John Brown and men killed five pro-slavery men in Kansas after learning about the Sack of Lawrence; lead Kansas into a Civil War
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Republican Party
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political party made up of some Whigs, Democrats, Free-Soilers and abolitionists who united against the spread of slavery in the West
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Lincoln-Douglas debates
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Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Steven Douglas debated over slavery for a spot in the US Senate
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Freeport Doctrine
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the notion that the police would enforce the voters' decision if it contradicted the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case
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John Brown's Raid
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when John Brown created an army of twenty men and took over Harpers Ferry, VA to try to start a slave rebellion; tried to get African Americans to join, but they were too scared. Southern white men attacked many times and soon everyone was killed or had retreated and Brown was hung for treason. Southerners started to worry of more raids and began to get serious about seceding from the Union
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Constitutional Union Party
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political party that only went by what the constitution stated and nominated John Bell as their candidate in the 1860 election
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Confederate States of America
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"the Confederacy"; what the southern states who seceded from the Union called themselves; pro-slavery
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