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Wilmot Proviso
Free-Soil Party
Missouri Compromise
Popular Soverignty
Wilmot Proviso: Proposed amendment that sought to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
Free-Soil Party: Political party dedicated to preventing the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
Missouri Compromise: Legislation that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also establishing a boundary line (36°30’) where slavery would be prohibited in future territories.
Popular Sovereignty: Principle that allowed the residents of a territory to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery within their borders.