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24 Cards in this Set
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SECTIONALISM
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This is when people are more loyal to their states or regions than to the country as a whole. (Loyal to Georgia over being loyal to The U.S.)
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POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
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The notion that people should have the right to rule themselves.
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SECEDE
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To leave the United States.
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COMPROMISE OF 1850
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Proposals that gave both sides their demands.
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STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS
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A young senator from Illinois.
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FREE-SOIL PARTY
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A political party founded in 1848 by antislavery Whigs and Democrats; which freed soil, speech, labor, and men.
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DANIEL WEBSTER
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A congressman, then Senator from Massachusettes who wanted the U.S. to return to harmony and quiet.
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FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
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This act made it a crime to help run-away enslaved persons.
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
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This act ended the political truce over slavery.
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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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She came from a family of well-known educators and clergy. She used her experience to write Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel about slavery and plantation life.
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DRED SCOTT
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A once enslaved man who was bought by a family that moved from a slave state to a free state. Scott sued for his freedom because he had lived in a free state. This became a Supreme Court Case.
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SOJOURNER TRUTH
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A female former slave who was freed when NY banned slavery. She changed her name and worked for abolition and women's rights.
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ROGER B. TANEY
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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who said Dred Scott had no right to sue in Federal Court.
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REPUBLICANS
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Members of the Whigs and Democratic party who opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act joined Free-Soilers and became anti-Nebraska group which became Republicans.
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DEBATE
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A public discussion.
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FREEPORT DOCTRINE
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The explanation by Stephen A. Douglas for the problem over popular sovereignty in the territories.
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JOHN C. FREMONT
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A Western explorer and leader of the California uprisisng against Mexico. "Free Men, Free Soil, Fremont"
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JAMES BUCHANAN
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Democratic president from Pennsylvania (our only president). He was a diplomat and former Congressman, but not the best president.
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HOMESTEAD ACT
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Congress passed this act offering free land to settlers, but it was vetoed by President Buchanan.
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ARMORY
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A storehouse for weapons.
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CRITTENDEN PLAN
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Senator John Crittenden's plan to save the Union using several amendments including allowing slavery where it already exists, etc.
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JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE
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A supporter of the Dred Scott decision who was chosen by southern Democrats in the race for president.
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WILMOT PROVISO
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This was introduced by anti-slavery Democrat David Wilmot. It outlaws slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico. It was defeated in the Senate.
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ALEXANDER STEPHENS
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"Their cause, and their destiny is my destiny." He wanted the Georgia legislature not to act against the federal government unless the South was acted upon.
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