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Free-soil Party
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it is a political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery.
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Missouri Compromise 1820
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it was the proposal by Kentucky senator Henry Clay to make Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. It also called for the banning of slavery anywhere above the 36 30 line.
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Comprimise 1850
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Senator Henry Clay had another proposition in 1850 when California, which was both above and below the 36 30 line wanted to be admitted to the Union. California would be free to please the North and to please the South, the Fugitive Slave Law which would help Southerners catch runaway slaves.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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It is an 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents of the right to decide whether to allow slavery.
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Henry Clay
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Henry Clay is a Kentucky senator who proposed the Missouri Comprimise of 1820 and the Comprimise of 1850.
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John Brown
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He was a slave abolitionist who attempted to remove slavery by taking over the US armory and getting the Virginians to rebel. He had failed and he was hanged.
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Daniel Webster
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He was a Massachussets senator who suported the Comprimise of 1850 for the sake of the Union.
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Robert E Lee
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He was a Northern general that lead the attack in the Battle of Antietam,
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Fort Sumpter
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It was a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the Southern attack on Fort Sumpter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
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Border States
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It is a slave state that bordered states in which slavery was illeagal.
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King Cotton
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Cotton was called King Cotton because cotton was important to the world market, and the South grew most of the cotton for Europe's Mills.
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Blockade
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It is when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area.
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Anaconda Plan
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it was a strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War.
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Cavalry
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It is the part of the military force of troops who serve on horseback.
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Minie Ball
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It is a conical bullet with a hollow base that expanded when fired that was used in the 19th century.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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He was the president of the U.S. from 1869 to 1877. He was the commander in cheif of the army during the Civil War.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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A novl, first published serially, by Harriet Beecher Stowe; it paints a grim picture of life under slavery.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Fugitive Slave Act
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It was a law passed as part of the Comprimise of 1850 which provided slaveholders in the South with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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Dred Scott, an African-American slave, was taken by his owners to free territory. He attempted to sue for his freedom. This case went to the federal court because the Missouri Compromise and the Fugitive Slave Law couldn't work together.
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Harpers Ferry
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This was the site of the arsenal seized by John Brown in an attempt to abolish slavery located in Virginia.
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Secede
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This means to withdraw from an organization, federation, union, etc.
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Jefferson Davis
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He was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War,
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Abraham Lincoln
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He was the president of the Union during the Civil War.
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