CHAPTER 14 STUDY GUIDE
EXPLAIN WHY IT MATTERS | Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in U.S. history. |
TERM | WHO OR WHAT & WHEN | WHY IT MATTERS |
Wilmot Proviso | ||
free labor | ||
popular sovereignty | ||
Compromise of 1850 | ||
Uncle Tom’s Cabin | ||
Fugitive Slave Act | ||
Kansas-Nebraska Act | ||
Republican Party | ||
“Bleeding Kansas” | ||
Dred Scott decision | ||
Lincoln-Douglas debates | ||
Confederate States of America |
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