A provision in this act meant that a Southerner only had to point out an escaped slave to have that person arrested before a magistrate and possibly be returned to the South.

This territory was acquired by the U.S. after the Mexican War.

This slogan concerned the disagreement between the U.S. and Great Britain over the western border between the U.S. and Canada.

This phrase describes the fighting that broke out because of an act that was passed which allowed for popular sovereignty.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book which sympathized with slaves and made them appear human; it gained much support in the North.

He led a raid on a federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia to get weapons so that he could arm the slaves and lead a rebellion of the slaves.

In this Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that the slave was not a citizen and could not sue for his freedom in the Supreme Court. He would remain a slave and would not be free just because his owner had taken him to a free territory.

This act allowed California to be admitted to the union as a free state.

Although some people questioned the government's authority to create this, Alexander Hamilton asked Congress to create it to manage the nation's debt and issue paper money.

Alexander Hamilton justified this with the "necessary and proper clause of the U.S. Constitution.

His presidency was known as the "Era of Good Feelings."

This act led to the Trail of Tears.

Supporters of this man felt he had been cheated out of the presidency in the "Corrupt Bargain."

South Carolina threatened to veto federal acts of Congress and secede from the union because of the Tariff of 1832, but this was avoided; this is known as the

Rewarding ones supporters with positions in government is known as

The purchase of this territory by Thomas Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the U.S.

Favoring people born in the country, this political party, which kept membership private, was anti-immigrant.

He was a northern abolitionist who published The Liberator.