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14 Cards in this Set
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civil war
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A war between people who live in the same nation.
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Popular sovereinty
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The vote of the people decides an issue
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Rebellion
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A fight against the government or people in power.
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Oppose
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To be against, or act against something
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Slavery
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When people own other people
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Arsenal
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A place where weapons are stored
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Free Soilers
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People who believed that slavery should not be allowed in the western territories
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Secede
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To leave an organization
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Confederacy
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The southern states that seceded at the beginning of the Civil War
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The Underground Railroad
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Was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states
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The Union
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The United States of America
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"Bleeding Kansas"
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When Kansas became a state, there was much bloody fighting over whether it should be a free or slave state
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The Dred Scott Decision
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An 1857 Supreme Court decision that said a slave was still a slave even if he/she was on soil
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Freedom
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Not having restrictions
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