S. S. Flashcards
Missouri compromise
In 1820 missouri would be a slave state and maine would be a free state. Also that over north 36 degrees in the L. P. latitude line would not let slavery
Wilmot proviso
The wilmot proviso was that the northerners weres cared that the sounth would extend slavery into the west Daivd Wilmot created a law to ban slavery in wny other land they got from mexico southern leader did not like this
Mexican American war
A war between mexico and america and USA won and that gave them utah CA new mexico
Compromise of 1850
It had 5 parts
- It allowed CA to enter Union as a free state
- It divide the rest of mexican Cession into the territories of Mexico and Utah
- slave trade ended in Washington DC
- the fugitive state law
- the border dispute between Texas and New Mexico settled
Kansas-nebraka
Douglas knew thqt white southrners did not want to add anther free state so he proposed that they would be spilt in two territories in 1854
Dread scott case
In 1857
Lincoln douglas debates
Lincoln and douglas, douglas did not want to accept it but he did
Lincoln idea- to get rid of slavery
Douglas idea- he disliked slavery but wanted the people to vote on it
It happened in 1858
Abolitionism
People that hate slavery in the whole USA
Secession
When a part of a big geoup wants to break away