Vocab for unit 8

1. California and Washington DC would be free states.

2. no laws about slavery would be enforced in the land from the Mexican Cession

3. Fugitive Slave Act was amended

A supreme court case where a slave argued for his freedom using “Once Free Always Free”

Supreme court ruled that:

1. African Americans do not have legal rights to a jury trial.

2. “Once free, Always Free” did not have to be enforced.

3. The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

Northerners were required to capture/bring back fugitive slaves.

Fugitive slaves/people accused of being a runaway could be held without an arrest warrant, and they had no right to a jury trial.

popular sovereignty would be used to determine of the Kansas-Nebraska territory was free or slaved. Allows slavery above the 36’30 line.

1. Missouri would be a slave state, and Maine would be a free state.

2. No slave states above the 36*30’ line.

3. Henry Clay

South Carolina’s senator; Created/supported a doctrine of nullification

The act of nullifying/disregarding a federal law

The act of leaving/withdrawing from an organization

The act of loyalty towards ones region instead of ones nation as a whole

import taxes on foreign goods

1. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe

2. A book from a runaway slave’s perspective, written in response to the fugitive slave act

3. popular in the North

Created these two things:

1. The American System

2. The Compromise of 1850

1. Supporter of the Compromise of 1850

2. Against Nullification and secession

3. believes the Union should stay as a whole

Webster in the nullification crisis is against nullification and states that the union should stay as a whole. Hayne states that the states should have the right to nullify.

A supreme court case where a group of African Americans from the slave trade were fighting for their freedom back to Africa. They were represented by John Quincy Adams. They won the case.

A debate for a spot in the senate. Lincoln argues against slavery while Douglas argues for popular sovereignty. Douglas won, but this gave Lincoln a lot of publicity.

With less than 50% of the popular vote and no electoral votes from the South, Lincoln wins the election

A raid on harpers ferry; the message was that violence was needed to get rid of slavery

No slaves joined the revolt and they were caught and executed

1. Caused by the Kansas-Nebraska act

2. war between a pro-slavery group and an anti-slavery group in the Kansas Territory

3. John Brown killed 5 pro-slavery men