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25 Cards in this Set
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Free Soil Party
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A short lived political party in the US active in 1848 to 1852.
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
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Was passed between pro slavery and anti slavery factions in the US.
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Compromise of 1850
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A package of five separate bills passed in the US in September 1850.
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Kansas Nebraska Act 1854
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Created territories in Nebraska opening land for settlement.
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Henry Clay
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An american lawyer ,politician,and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the US senate and house of representatives.
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John Brown
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An American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the US.
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Daniel Webster
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A politition
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Robert E . Lee
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Was an american career military officer and education administer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
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Fort Sumpter
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A masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor , North Carolina.
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Border States
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Slave States that had not declared a secession from the Union.
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King Cotton
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A slogan used during the Civil war by Confederacy to support secession from the United States.
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Blockade
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An effort to cut off food ,supplies,war material or communications from a particular area by force.
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Anaconda Plan
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The outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the Civil War.
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Cavalry
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Were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback.
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Minie ball
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A great variety of small arms ammunition.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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The eighteenth president following his success as a military commander in the Civil War.
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Uncle Toms Cabin
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An anti slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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An American abolitionist and author.
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The fugitive slave act
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Was passed by the US as part of the compromise of 1850 .
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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A landmark decision by the supreme court in which the court had held African Americans whether slave or free could not be American citizens.
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Harpers Ferry
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A historic town in Jefferson County,West Virginia ,US .
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Secede
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Withdraw from an organization or communion.
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Confederate States of America
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The states that were for pro slavery in the South.
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Jefferson Davis
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The president of the Confederacy.
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Abraham Lincoln
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The sixteenth president who led the fight of the Civil War.
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