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7. - slavery and involuntary servitude would be banned forever in all territories acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War.
10. -tells the story of Uncle Tom, an enslaved person, depicted as saintly and dignified, noble and steadfast in his beliefs.
11. - required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
12. -The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.

1. -A big believer in America's unique mission and manifest destiny
2. -explorer, surveyor, and map-maker
3. -minor but influential political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories.
4. -political party formed in the 185O's to stop the spread of the slavery in the west.
5. -15th President of the United States
6. - government based on consent of the people.
8. - repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.
9. - Abolitionist author, Harriet Beecher Stowe rose to fame in 1851 with the publication of her best-selling book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which highlighted the evils of slavery, angered the slaveholding South, and inspired pro-slavery copy-cat works in defense of the institution of slavery.