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23 Cards in this Set
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What was the Free Soil Party?
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This merged with the Liberty Party in 1848. The title takes the platform which is no extension of slavery outside the boundaries of the Wilmot Proviso.
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What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
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This allowed the slave owners to get their runaway slaves returned to them, no matter what state their in or place.
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Who was Harriet Tubman?
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Harriet Tubman helped hundreds of slaves by helping them escape along a secret route called the Underground Railroad?
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What was the Ostend Manifesto?
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This was issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the US ministers from England, stating that the US would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain didn't sell it to the US.
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открыва'ть(ся)/откры'ть(ся)
(открыва' -ю, -ешь, ют) (откро' -ю, ешь, ют) |
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What was the Wilmot Proviso?
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One of the major events leading to the Civil War. This would've banned slavery in any territory won as a result of the war with Mexico.
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Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
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He was the son of a merchant selling master. Due in large measure to the Embargo act, the Garrison family fell on hard terms.
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Who was Frederick Douglas?
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Former slave who became a great anti-slave leader.
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Morril Tariff act of 1861?
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Law that raised rates to protect and encourage industry. Increased wages of industrial workers
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Homestead act 1862?
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Gave 160 acres of underdeveloped land which included free slaves who were 21 or older.
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Compromise of 1850?
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It was five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife
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Underground Railroad?
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Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape through this and they ended up North.
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Popular Sovereignty?
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It is a power of the citizens and those chosen to govern.
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Dred Scott Decision?
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Held that blacks, no matter if they were slaves or not, they couldn't be US citizens.
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Legal Tender act 1862?
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Enacted to issue paper money to the civil war in order to not raise taxes.
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Emancipation Proclamation?
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Did not border slaves which remained in the Union, all slaves in the confederate states.
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Pacific Railway act 1862?
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Construction of the continental railroad.
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National Bank act of 1863?
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Established national charter for banks and encouraged the development of a national currency.
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Panic of 1857?
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It was a sudden downturn of the United States economy in 1857.
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Uncle tom's cabin?
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Kentucky farmer Arthur Shelby lost everything he owned after running large debts.
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Bleeding Kansas?
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Approximately 55 people died in this incident. Several attempts were to draft a constitution.
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Crittenden Compromise?
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It was an unsuccessful proposal by Kentucky Senator to resolve the US secession.
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Fort Sumter?
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It was a part of the defensive system for Charleston labor
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