Key Concept 4C VOCAB

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• An agreement made about whether new states should allow slavery or not

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• An agreement made about whether new states should allow slavery or not

What was the Free-Soil Party?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• An agreement made about whether new states should allow slavery or not

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not and repealed fugitive slave laws

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery and maintain existing fugitive slave laws

• An agreement made about whether new states should allow slavery or not and created a more strict fugitive slave law.

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• A law that said escaped slaves could be caught and forced to go back to their owners

What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• A powerful story,written in response to the fugitive slave act, that showed the terrible things that happened to enslaved people

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in the Kansas & Nebraska territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• A law that reinforced the existing principles of the Missouri Compromise

What was the Republican Party?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• A new political party formed by people who didn't like slavery

Who was John Brown?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• An American abolitionist who strongly believed that slavery was wrong and was willing to use violence to try to end it

What was Bleeding Kansas?

• A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

• A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery

• A time when the territory of Kansas became a battleground between people who wanted slavery and people who wanted it to be free