Vocab Flashcards
(11 cards)
What was the Missouri Compromise?
An agreement proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay to keep the number of slave and free states equal.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
A law passed in 1846 that banned slavery in territories won by the United States from Mexico.
What is popular sovereignty?
Government based on the consent of the governed.
What does it mean to secede?
To withdraw from membership in a group.
What is a fugitive?
A runaway.
What is a civil war?
A war between people of the same country.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
An agreement proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay to keep the number of slave and free states equal.
What is popular sovereignty?
Government based on the consent of the governed.
What does it mean to secede?
To withdraw from membership in a group.
What is a fugitive?
A runaway.
What is a civil war?
A war between people of the same country.
