Unit 8 Vocab Quiz

a series of rules that forbade the raising, consideration, or discussion of slavery in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1836 to 1844

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise 1820

• Debate

• Gag Rule

a federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to prevent expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise 1820

• Gag Rule

• Popular Sovereignty

repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• Popular Sovereignty

relating to an established set of principles governing a state

• Feud

• Debate

• Secede

• Constitutional

take part in a prolonged quarrel or conflict

• Fugitive

• Secede

• Debate

• Feud

a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding

• Tariffs

• Fugitive

• Secede

• Debate

Tax on Goods

• Tariffs

• Secede

• Popular Sovereignty

• Gag Rule

The idea that each territory could decide for itself whether to allow slavery.

• Secede

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise 1820

• Popular Sovereignty

argue about (a subject), especially in a formal manner

• Secede

• Debate

• Feud

• Fugitive

To formally withdrawal/leave

• Tariffs

• Debate

• Popular Sovereignty

• Secede