Popular sovereignty
Meant that people in the territory or states would vote directly on issues rather than having their elected representatives decide
Secede
Withdraw
Fugitives
Runaway enslaved people
Henry clay senator of Kentucky
He had the nickname the great compromiser.
John c Calhoun
South Carolina senator was against compromise
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts senator who rose to support clays proposal and called for an end to the bitter sectionalism that was dividing the nation.