A House Dividing Crossword

David Wilmot attracted this amendment to the Bill
the name of when a territory should decide the status of slavery in their own territory
the name of gold hunters in 1849
the man that was the hero of the Mexican war
those who favored keeping slavery where it already existed, but opposed its extension into the territories
1852 democratic nominee. firmly beside compromise of 1850. won over the whigs' general scott in the North and South
the main provision for the south in 1850 compromise. it became a powerful emotional tool in turning public opinion against slavery
escape route for fugitive slaves
most successful abolitionist literature, by harriet beecher stowe.
political party that wanted popular sovreignty
political party that was initially an anti-slavery position. pro-business. free soil and abolitionists
act that basically just got rid of the 30 36 parallel
the supreme court chief justice in the red scott v sanford case
south carolina's "declaration of independence"
honest. kansas-nabraska act brought him out of his political retirement
federal arsenal that was attacked.
it means to leave the union. the South threatened to do it if Lincoln was elected
president of the confederacy
tried to make a compromise which basically brought back missouri compromise fort
the south thought they owned the fort but it was government property so the north did. Where first shots were fired but no one died from fighting.