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Popular Sovereignty
Power based on the majority of a vote.
David Wilmot
Introduced an amendment to the bill.
Wilmot Proviso
The amendment that David Wilmot made to the bill.
Zachary Taylor
A mexican war hero that later became president.
Free-Soli Party
A political party formed by antislavery Whigs and Democrats.
Henry Clay
Urged northerners and southerners to compromise.
Daniel Webster
The veteran Whig leader.
Fire-Eaters
A group of hicks that held extreme pro-slavery views.
John C. Calhoun
A leading fire-eater.
Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor's VP that favored the compromise.
Compromise of 1850
Clay's idea for a compromise.
Winfield Scott
Another Mexican War hero
Fugitive Slave Act
Made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves.
Franklin Pierce
A strong supporter of the Compromise of 1850.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Published Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Organized the territories of Kansas and Nebraska on the basis of popular sovereignty.
John Brown
An abolitionist that attacked settlers.
Pottawatomie Massacre
When John Brown killed people
Republican Party
Antislavery Whigs and Democrats that made their own party.
James Buchanan
Our only gay president.
Lecompton Constitution
Gave the voters of Kansas only the right to decide whether more slaves could enter the territory or not.
Roger B. Taney
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Also a hillbilly.
Dred Scott
A slave that sued for his freedom
Dred Scott decision
Said Dred Scott was property so he couldn't sue and he can't be free.
Abraham Lincoln
Republican that later became president. He hated slavery.
Stephan Douglas
A little midget that ran against Lincoln.