Study Guide Flashcards

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What is sectionalism?

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The country breaking apart.

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What is the Missouri compromise?

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An act when there wasn’t allowed to be any slaves in the New Mexico territory.

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What is the Wilmot Proviso?

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An act that bans slave trade in the west.

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What is popular sovereignty?

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The idea that the people get to vote on what they want.

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Who is Zachary Taylor ?

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A former general elected as president.

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What was the free soiler party?

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Party which didn’t want slavery to expand and just stay where it was.

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Who was Martin Van Buren?

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He was a free soiler that ran for president.

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What was the compromise if 1850?

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When California and Mexico were made free states. Slave trade was also baned.

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What was the Nashville Convention?

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When the southerners came together to chose on succeeding or not.

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What does irreconcilable mean?

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There is no going back.

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What did the Missouri Compromise do?

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It put a line dividing slavery at the 36-30.

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What was the Wilmot Proviso?

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It was an act that banned slave trade and there was not allowed to be slaves in the new mexico territory.

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What is Popular Sovereignty?

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The idea that the people got the right to vote on something instead of congress.

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Who is Zachary Taylor?

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A former general that was elected as president.

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What was the free soil party?

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A group with the idea that slavery should not expand and just stay where it presently was.

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Who is Martin V Buren?

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A free soiler who ran for president.

17
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What did the compromise of 1850 do?

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It made california and mexico free states and also bans the trading of slaves.

18
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What was the Nashville Convention?

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It was a meeting the south had for the idea of succession.

19
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What was the great triumvirate?

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A group of men ( daniel webster, henry clay, and john calhoun) expressing what the think should be done.

20
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What was important about the election of 1856?

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It helped Lincoln become recognized, also sectional politics came up, and it helped the north realized they had enough voters to win this big disagreement.

21
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Who was John Brown?

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An extremist who raided and freed slaves to help end slavery.

22
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What is Harpers Ferry?

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The place where john brown rallied and fought to end slavery.