Vocab for unit 8

Compromise of 1850

1. California and Washington DC would be free states.
2. no laws about slavery would be enforced in the land from the Mexican Cession
3. Fugitive Slave Act was amended

Dred Scott vs. Sandford

A supreme court case where a slave argued for his freedom using “Once Free Always Free”

Supreme court ruled that:


1. African Americans do not have legal rights to a jury trial.
2. “Once free, Always Free” did not have to be enforced.
3. The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

Fugitive Slave Act

Northerners were required to capture/bring back fugitive slaves.

Fugitive slaves/people accused of being a runaway could be held without an arrest warrant, and they had no right to a jury trial.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

popular sovereignty would be used to determine of the Kansas-Nebraska territory was free or slaved. Allows slavery above the 36’30 line.

Missouri Compromise

1. Missouri would be a slave state, and Maine would be a free state.
2. No slave states above the 36\*30’ line.
3. Henry Clay

Nullification/Calhoun

South Carolina’s senator; Created/supported a doctrine of nullification

The act of nullifying/disregarding a federal law

secession

The act of leaving/withdrawing from an organization

sectionalism

The act of loyalty towards ones region instead of ones nation as a whole

Tariff

import taxes on foreign goods

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

1. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
2. A book from a runaway slave’s perspective, written in response to the fugitive slave act
3. popular in the North

Henry Clay

Created these two things:


1. The American System
2. The Compromise of 1850

Daniel Webster/Compromises

1. Supporter of the Compromise of 1850
2. Against Nullification and secession
3. believes the Union should stay as a whole

Webster/Hayne debates

Webster in the nullification crisis is against nullification and states that the union should stay as a whole. Hayne states that the states should have the right to nullify.

Amistad/John Quincy Adams

A supreme court case where a group of African Americans from the slave trade were fighting for their freedom back to Africa. They were represented by John Quincy Adams. They won the case.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

A debate for a spot in the senate. Lincoln argues against slavery while Douglas argues for popular sovereignty. Douglas won, but this gave Lincoln a lot of publicity.

Election of 1860/Lincoln

With less than 50% of the popular vote and no electoral votes from the South, Lincoln wins the election

Harpers Ferry/John Brown

A raid on harpers ferry; the message was that violence was needed to get rid of slavery

No slaves joined the revolt and they were caught and executed

Bleeding Kansas

1. Caused by the Kansas-Nebraska act
2. war between a pro-slavery group and an anti-slavery group in the Kansas Territory
3. John Brown killed 5 pro-slavery men