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26 Cards in this Set
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Free- Soil Party
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a former U.S. political party that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
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Missouri Compromise 1820
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measures passed by the U.S. Congress to end the first of a series of crises concerning the extension of slavery.
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Compromise 1850
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a series of Congressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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a law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery.
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Henry Clay
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Henry Clay was a 19th-century American planter, statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, where he served as Speaker. He also served as Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829.
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John Brown
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John Brown was a revolutionary abolitionist in the United States, who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery for good.
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Daniel Webster
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Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman and senator during the nation's Antebellum Period. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests.
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Robert E. Lee
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Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
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Fort Sumter
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a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Caroline; the southern attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
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Border States
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a slave state that bordered states in which slavery was illegal.
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King Cotton
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cotton was called king because cotton was important to the world market ad the south grew most of the cotton for Europe's mills.
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Blockade
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when armed forces prevent the transportation of gods or people into or out of an area.
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Anaconda Plan
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a strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War.
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Revolver
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The only internally primed cartridge revolver purchased by either side during the Civil War.
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Battle of Bull Run
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The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas and was fought on July 21, 1861.
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Minie Ball
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a bullet with a hollow base.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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a novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
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Fugitive Slave Act
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an 1850 law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves.
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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an 1856 Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued fro his freedom because he has been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal; the court ruled against Scott.
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Harpers Ferry
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a federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 during a slave revolt.
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Secede
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to withdraw.
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Confederate States of America
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the confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union.
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Jefferson Davis
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Jefferson Finis Davis also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War serving as President for its entire history.
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Cavalry
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soldiers on horseback.
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