Period 5 Identification Terms

Wilmot Proviso

Amendement proposed by David Wilmot that called for a ban on slavery in any territories the US may gain from Mexico

Seneca Falls Convention

adopted the declaration of Sentiments and acquired the right to vote, property rights after marriage and divorce. considered the first women’s rights meeting.

Declaration of Sentiments

paraphrasing of the declaration of Independence that advocated for women’s political social civil and religious rights.

William Lloyd Garrison

Founder of an anti-slavery newspaper, American anti-slavery society, opposition of colonization and supported women’s rights and suffrage.

American Anti-slavery society

calling for the immediate and uncompensated freeing of slaves.

Frederick Douglass

Escaped slave from Maryland who was one of the leading antislavery advocates, believed the constitution could be used as a tool for ending slavery.

Manifest Destiny

a phrase to justify the removal of extermination of the Native American population and would help lead to the start of the MExican-American war

Homestead Act

an act that encouraged westward migration and settlement and promoted conflict with Native American tribes

John C. Calhoun

Was a strong advocate for the doctrine of nullifcation, war against England, state rights, and defended slavery

Kansas-Nebraska act

divisoin of the Kansas territory and repealed the Missouri compromise line as well as paved the way for a northern transcontinental railroad

Hiram Revels

the first black senator in the US

The Emancipation Proclamation

issued by Abraham LIncoln declaring all the slaves in the rebelling states to be free.