| A | B |
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| Henry Clay | He proposed the Compromise of 1850 |
| John Brown | Abolitionist who led the attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry |
| Popular Sovereignty | Allowed the people of a territory to deciee if they wanted slavery or not |
| Stephen Douglas | Illinois senator who proposed the idea of popular sovereignty |
| Missouri Compromise | According to this, slavery would not be allowed north of 36 degrees 30 N latitude |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Ordered all citizens of the US to assist in the return of run away slaves |
| Dred Scott | This slave sued his owner for freedom |
| Harpers Ferry | Location of John Browns last raid |
| Kansa Nebraska Act | Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote to decide for or against slavery |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Novel that increased hostilities between North and South |
| Positive Good Theory | Pro - slavery argument |
| Maine | This state was formed to create a balance of power in the Senate in 1820 |
| Three Fifths Compromise | Allowed southern states to count a certain amount of their slave population towards their representation in Congress |
| Arsenal | Place where weapons are stored |
| California | This state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850 |
| Preston Brooks | This South Carolinian beat Charles Sumner on the Senate floor over the issue of slavery |
| Wilmot Proviso | This proposal would have stopped the spread of slavery in all land taken from Mexico |
| Declaration of Independence | This was the nation's first debate of the issue of slavery |
| Free Soilers | These were abolitionists who moved to Kansas to influence the elections |
| Gradualism | This was the belief that slavery should end slowly over time. |
| ACS | This organization tried to buy land in Africa so African Americans could return to the land of their ancestry |
| David Lloyd Garrison | Publisher of the Liberator who believed emancipation of the slaves should be immediate and uncompensated. |
| Lyman Beecher | Preacher who believed social reform should be brought about by citizens |
| Temporance | Movement to end alcohol consumption in the US |
| Maine | The first state to pass a temporance law |
| Massachusetts | This state was the first to have free, public education |
| Horace Mann | Brought free education to the people of Mass. |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Women's rights speaker at the Seneca Falls Convention |
| Seneca Falls Convention | Beginings of the women's rights movement |
