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Missouri compromise of 1820
A legislative agreement that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance of power in Congress. It also established a line dividing future free and slave territories. henr
Henry Clay
was a prominent politician and statesman who played a key role in crafting the Missouri Compromise.
treaty of guadalupe
Hidalgo was the 1848 agreement that ended the Mexican-American War, resulting in the U.S. acquiring significant territories.
popular sovereignty
is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, typically through their elected representatives. In the context of the Civil War, it referred to allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be permitted.
compimise of 1850
a series of legislative measures aimed at resolving disputes over slavery in new territories acquired from Mexico, including California's admission as a free state and the implementation of the Fugitive Slave Act.
fugitive
slave laws that mandated the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners.
Fugitive slave act
was a law passed in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850, requiring that escaped enslaved people be returned to their owners, even if they were found in free states.
Kansas-nebraska act (1854)
a law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing the settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
was a landmark Supreme Court case in 1857 that ruled African Americans were not citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court, and that Congress lacked the power to regulate slavery in the territories.
Border Ruffens
pro-slavery activists from Missouri who crossed into Kansas to influence the state's decision on slavery.
arsenal
a storehouse for weapons and military equipment.
treson
the act of betraying one's country, typically by attempting to overthrow the government or aiding its enemies.
secede
to formally withdraw from an organization or alliance, particularly in the context of a state leaving the Union during the Civil War.
mexicon amrecon war
A conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, resulting in significant territorial gains for the U.S.
boreder state
A slave state that did not secede from the Union during the Civil War, playing a crucial role in the conflict.
John Brown
An abolitionist who believed in violent action against slavery and led the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
manafest destaiy
The belief that the expansion of the United States across the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
the republic of texas
A sovereign nation from 1836 to 1845 that was formed after gaining independence from Mexico, before joining the United States.
martyr
A person who is killed or suffers greatly for their beliefs, often in the context of a religious or political cause.
4 + 34
The result of adding four and thirty-four together, which equals thirty-eight.
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