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10 Cards in this Set
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a novel about the cruelties of slavery
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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the act of leaving the union
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secession
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the nation formed in 1861 by the states that had seceded from the Union
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Confederate States of America
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a person who wanted to end slavery
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abolitionist
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an agreement in Congress to draw an imaginary line through the Louisiana Territory, allowing slavery south of the line and forbidding slavery north of the line
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Missouri Compromise
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an agreement in Congress that resulted in California entering the Union as a free state and the passage of the fugitive law
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Compromise of 1850
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an act of Congress that opened the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to slavery
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The 1857 Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and thus, could be taken anywhere
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Dred Scott Decision
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the first women's rights convention held in America
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Seneca Falls Convention
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a system of people working together to help runaway slaves reach freedom in the north
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underground railroad
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