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28 Cards in this Set
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Lewis Cass
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Michigan senator that proposed popular sovereignty
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popular sovereignty
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it allowed citizens to vote whether a new state would permit slavery
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David Wilmont
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concidered law to buy some of mexico
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Wilmot Provisiso
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banned slavery in all states aquired in mexico
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Zachary Taylor
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A former war hero who was a president
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free-soil party
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antislavery party
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henry clay
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came up with a compromise for slavery
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Daniel webster
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a whig veteran that met with henry clay
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fire-eaters
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a group of southerns thatwho liked slavery
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john c calhoun
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a southern leader.
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millard fillmore
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the vice president of president taylor
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Winfield Scott
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the whig leader for president
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kansas nebraska act
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organized the territories of kansas and nebraska
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john brown
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attacked a pro-slavery settlement
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pottawatomie massacre
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five men were killed in there sleep
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republican party
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the antislavery party turned into this
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james buchanan
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nominated by democrats to run for president
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Lecompton constitution
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kansas got to vote on whether they had slaves
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roger taney
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one of the 5 southerners on the court for dred scott
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dred scott
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a slave that went to court
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abraham lincoln
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ran for a seat in the us senate as a republican
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stephen douglas
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a senator who ran againts lincoln
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freeport doctronrine
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the argument that helped douglas defeat lincoln in the senate race.
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john bell
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the peacful south nominated him for the elction of 1860
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john breckinridge
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wanted to become president, southerner liked him
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confederate states of america
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the southerners succeeded in to this
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jefferson davis
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the first confederate president
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dred scott decision
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the decision of the dred scott case
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