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| Wilmot Proviso | Banned slavery in any territtory to be aqquired by Mexico in the Mexico War or the future |
| Election of 1848 | It was the 16th quadrennial presidental election, Zachary Taylor from the Whig Party defeated former president Martin Van Buren. |
| Free-Soil Party | A political party active from 1848 to 1852 presidental elections and some state elections. |
| popular sovereignty | the principle that the authority of the governmentis created and sustained by the consent of its people. |
| Compromise of 1850 | A major event leading to the civil war and it was a set of five bills proposed by senator henry clay. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | The fugitive slave act were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. |
| Deep South | the southeastern section of the U.S. |
| Whigs | a member of the British reforming and constitutional party that sought the supremacy of Parliament and was eventually succeeded in the 19th century by the Liberal Party. |
| secede | withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. |
| "gold fever" | greed and excitement caused by a gold rush. |
