APUSH AMSCO CHAPTER 12-13 KEY
TERM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
free-soil movement - ANSWER - opposed the expansion of slavery in new states (particularly
out west) ; subcatagory of the Republican party who were also abolitionists ; popular during the
late antebellum period ; Abe Lincoln was the most influential person of this political party
free soil party - ANSWER - Formed in 1847 - 1848, dedicated to opposing slavery in newly
acquired territories such as Oregon and ceded Mexican territory.
conscience Whigs - ANSWER - anti-slavery Whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and
the Mexican war on moral grounds.
"barnburners" - ANSWER - Conscience Whigs and Free-soilers were known as this; their
defection threatened to destroy the Democratic Party
Popular sovereignty - ANSWER - The concept that political power rests with the people who can
create, alter, and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free
participation in government
Lewis Cass - ANSWER - He was nominated as President after Polk and he evolved a doctrine
of popular sovereignty. He argued that slavery should be kept out of Congress and left to the
people.
Henry Clay - ANSWER - United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise
between free and slave states (1777-1852)
Zachary Taylor - ANSWER - General that was a military leader in Mexican-American War and
12th president of the United States. Sent by president Polk to lead the American Army against
Mexico at Rio Grande, but defeated.
Lecompton constitution - ANSWER - supported the existence of slavery in the proposed state
and protected rights of slaveholders. It was rejected by Kansas, making Kansas an eventual
free state.
, Dred Scott v. Standford - ANSWER - landmark supreme court decision which confirmed that
status of slaves as property rather than citizens, and therefore the case was thrown out by Chief
Justice Roger B Taney
Roger Taney - ANSWER - chief justice of the supreme court who wrote an opinion in the 1857
Dred Scott case that declared the Missouri compromise unconstitutional
Compromise of 1850 - ANSWER - Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive
Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
Stephen A. Douglass - ANSWER - A Democratic Senator from Illinois who debated Abraham
Lincoln during his run for Senator in the Lincoln-Douglass Debates. He was an avid supporter of
the Compromise of 1850, supported popular sovereignty, he rescued Clay's faltering
compromise, he divided the compromise into 5 parts to he could mobilize a majority for each
issue separately
Millard Fillmore - ANSWER - Successor of President Zachary Taylor after his death on July 9th
1850. He helped pass the Compromise of 1850 by gaining the support of Northern Whigs for the
compromise.
Fugitive Slave Laws - ANSWER - a law enacted as part of the compromise of 1850 designed to
ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage
Underground Railroads - ANSWER - A system of escape routes to the north. Virtual freedom
train that was a chain of "stations" (antislavery homes) through which scores of "passengers"
(runaway slaves) were spirited by "conductors" (white/black abolitionists) from the slvae states
to the free soil of Canada.
Harriet Tubman - ANSWER - United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland
and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom
in the North (1820-1913)
Harriet Beecher Stowe - ANSWER - Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book about a slave who is
treated badly, in 1852. The book persuaded more people, particularly Northerners, to become
anti-slavery.
TERM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
free-soil movement - ANSWER - opposed the expansion of slavery in new states (particularly
out west) ; subcatagory of the Republican party who were also abolitionists ; popular during the
late antebellum period ; Abe Lincoln was the most influential person of this political party
free soil party - ANSWER - Formed in 1847 - 1848, dedicated to opposing slavery in newly
acquired territories such as Oregon and ceded Mexican territory.
conscience Whigs - ANSWER - anti-slavery Whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and
the Mexican war on moral grounds.
"barnburners" - ANSWER - Conscience Whigs and Free-soilers were known as this; their
defection threatened to destroy the Democratic Party
Popular sovereignty - ANSWER - The concept that political power rests with the people who can
create, alter, and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free
participation in government
Lewis Cass - ANSWER - He was nominated as President after Polk and he evolved a doctrine
of popular sovereignty. He argued that slavery should be kept out of Congress and left to the
people.
Henry Clay - ANSWER - United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise
between free and slave states (1777-1852)
Zachary Taylor - ANSWER - General that was a military leader in Mexican-American War and
12th president of the United States. Sent by president Polk to lead the American Army against
Mexico at Rio Grande, but defeated.
Lecompton constitution - ANSWER - supported the existence of slavery in the proposed state
and protected rights of slaveholders. It was rejected by Kansas, making Kansas an eventual
free state.
, Dred Scott v. Standford - ANSWER - landmark supreme court decision which confirmed that
status of slaves as property rather than citizens, and therefore the case was thrown out by Chief
Justice Roger B Taney
Roger Taney - ANSWER - chief justice of the supreme court who wrote an opinion in the 1857
Dred Scott case that declared the Missouri compromise unconstitutional
Compromise of 1850 - ANSWER - Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive
Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
Stephen A. Douglass - ANSWER - A Democratic Senator from Illinois who debated Abraham
Lincoln during his run for Senator in the Lincoln-Douglass Debates. He was an avid supporter of
the Compromise of 1850, supported popular sovereignty, he rescued Clay's faltering
compromise, he divided the compromise into 5 parts to he could mobilize a majority for each
issue separately
Millard Fillmore - ANSWER - Successor of President Zachary Taylor after his death on July 9th
1850. He helped pass the Compromise of 1850 by gaining the support of Northern Whigs for the
compromise.
Fugitive Slave Laws - ANSWER - a law enacted as part of the compromise of 1850 designed to
ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage
Underground Railroads - ANSWER - A system of escape routes to the north. Virtual freedom
train that was a chain of "stations" (antislavery homes) through which scores of "passengers"
(runaway slaves) were spirited by "conductors" (white/black abolitionists) from the slvae states
to the free soil of Canada.
Harriet Tubman - ANSWER - United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland
and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom
in the North (1820-1913)
Harriet Beecher Stowe - ANSWER - Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book about a slave who is
treated badly, in 1852. The book persuaded more people, particularly Northerners, to become
anti-slavery.
