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48 Cards in this Set
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1854
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BLEEDING KANSAS
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1857
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DRED SCOTT CASE
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1859
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HARPER'S FERRY
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1861
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CSA
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1861
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FORT SUMTER
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CONSCIENCE WHIGS
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NORTHERN ANTI-SLAVERY WHIGS
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MISSOURI COMPROMISE LINE
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36 30
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POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
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POSITION THAT SUGGESTS TERRITORY SHOULD DECIDE WHETHER IT WOULD BE SLAVE OR FREE
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FREE SOIL
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POSITION THAT OPPOSES ANY SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES
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STEPHEN DOUGLAS
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DEMOCRAT WHO LED POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY ADVOCATES
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FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
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LAWS FOR RETURNING ESCAPED SLAVES THAT WAS LOATHED IN THE NORTH
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WILMOT PROVISO
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FAILED 1848 ATTEMPT TO PROHIBIT SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES
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JOHN CALHOUN
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LEADING FIRE-EATER
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FIRE-EATER
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UNCOMPROMISING ON OPPOSITION TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BAN ON SLAVERY
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
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NOVEL THAT OPENED MANY EYES ON THE EVILS OF SLAVERY
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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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AUTHOR OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
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HINTON HELPER
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HIS 'IMPENDING CRISIS OF THE SOUTH' SUGGESTED THAT SOUTH WAS HURTING ITSELF BY ITS RELIANCE UPON SLAVERY
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DANIEL WEBSTER
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NORTHERN ADVOCATE OF COMPROMISE OF 1850
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WILLIAM SEWARD
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NEW YORK POLITICIAN AND ABOLITIONIST
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COMPROMISE OF 1850
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1850 ATTEMPT TO COMPROMISE ON SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES, PLEASED NOBODY, BUT PUT OFF WAR
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REPUBLICAN PARTY
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FORMED OUT OF FREE SOILERS AND CONSCIENCE WHIGS IN THE MID 1850'S
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KNOW-NOTHING PARTY
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FAST-GROWING 1850'S PARTY THAT OPPOSED SLAVERY, CATHOLIVS AND IMMIGRANTS
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NATIVISM
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HOSTILITY TO IMMIGRANTS
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GADSDEN PURCHASE
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1853 PURCHASE OF SOUTHERN STRIP OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA
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BLEEDING KANSAS
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1854-6 CIVIL AND CONSTITUIONAL CONFLICT OVER POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN KANSAS
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BORDER RUFFIANS
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PRO-SLAVERY FORCES SENT FROM MISSOURI TO INFLUENCE KANSAS ELECTIONS OVER SLAVERY
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LECOMPTON GOVERNMENT
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PRO-SLAVE GOVERNMENT OF KANSAS
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TOPEKA GOVERNMENT
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ANTI-SLAVE GOVERNMENT OF KANSAS
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JOHN BROWN
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FIERCE ABOLITIONIST WHO TRIED TO CHOP UP PEOPLE IN KANSAS AND AT HARPERS FERRY
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POTTOWATOMIE MASSACRE
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1856 KILLING OF PRO-SLAVE SETTLERS DURING BLEEDING KANSAS
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JAMES BUCHANAN
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INEFFECTIVE PRESIDENT 1857-1861 WHO TRIED TO PLEASE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH, AND ACTUALLY DOING QUITE LITTLE
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DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD
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1857 SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT THAT SAID MISSOURI COMPROMISE LINE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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FREE SOILER AND FOUNDER OF REPUBLICAN PARTY,ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1860
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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
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1858 DEBATES OVER POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN THE WAKE DRED SCOTT
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FREEPORT DOCTRINE
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DOUGLAS'S IDEA, ENUNCIATED DURING HIS DEBATES WITH LINCOLN, THAT A TERRITORY COULD STILL KEEP SLAVERY OUT, IN THE WAKE OF DRED SCOTT, BY REFUSING TO PASS LAWS PROTECTING SLAVERY
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HARPER'S FERRY
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1859 SITE OF JOHN BROWN'S RAID
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ELECTION OF 1860
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ELECTION WHOSE RESULTS CAUSED SECESSION OF LOWER SOUTH
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PANIC OF 1857
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1857 CRASH AND DEPRESSION THAT STRENGTHENED REPUBLICANS IN 1860 ELECTION
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JOHN BRECKINRIDGE
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SOUTHERN DEOMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN 1860
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JOHN BELL
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CONSTITUTIONAL UNION CANDIDATE IN 1860--ANTI-SECESSION SOUTHERNER
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LOWER SOUTH
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TEXAS, LOUISIANA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA
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COTTON SOUTH
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ALSO CALLED LOWER SOUTH
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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
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ESTABLISHED FEB. 1861
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CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE
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LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO FORESTALL WAR 1860-1861
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UPPER SOUTH
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VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, ARKANSAS
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FORT SUMTER
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FEDERAL FORT IN CHARLESTON HARBOR WHERE FIRST SHOTS OF CIVIL WAR WERE FIRED
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OSTEND MANIFESTO
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1854 SECRET PLAN TO ACQUIRE CUBA WHICH COLLAPSED IN THE FACE OF NORTHERN ANTI-SLAVERY OPPOSITION
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
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1854 PROPOSAL THAT LED TO BLEEDING KANSAS
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