Civil+war+vocab+L.S

sectionalism- A devotion to interests of one region instead of to the country as a whole, of the slavery issueof slavery.

popular sovereignty- Allows voters in a territory to dicide wether they wantd to ban or permit slavery.

compromise of 1850-Accomplished most of what Clay wanted. California entered the Union as a free state. Mexico was divided into two territories. Texas surrender its land claims in for financial assistance from the federal government.

Fugitive Slave Act- made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves and alloed them to be arrested even in areas where slavery was illegal.

Frederick Douglas-was born into a sklave family in 1817. At the age of 20 borrowed a free slaves papers and took the north train for freedom. He worked full-time speaking and writing for the abolition movement. four years later he had to leav the sate before being arrested as a fugitive slave.

John Calhoun- Was born in 1869 was a politican in Alberta, Canada, and a city councillor in edmonon.

Harriet Beecher Stowe- She was a famouse writer, that wrote a powerfl novel about slavery.

Abiolotionist- Someone against slavery.