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14 Cards in this Set
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Fugitive slave law
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california becomes a free state but slave laws in the south become tighter
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harriet tubman
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humanitarian and abollitionist
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ostend manifesto
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south wanting cuba while spain refused to give it up
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kansas nebraska act
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adding kansas and nebraska to the union
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wilmot proviso
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northern states trying to stop slavery moving towards the mexican territories
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william lloyd garrison
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wrote the liberator to say he wanted to free black slaves
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Frederick douglas
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former slave and moved to baltimore to become an abolitionist
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popular sovereignty
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belief that the power of the state is created by the people who live there
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underground railroad
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the freeing of slaves by taking them to the north
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compromise of 1850
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california is a free state but the slave laws tighten up
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dred Scott decision
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sued for his freedom and lost because he lived in territories and the court ruled blacks could never become us citizens
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panic of 1857
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end of the economic boom after the mexican war
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uncle toms cabin
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a book written by harriet beacher stowe who opened the eyes of northerners about slavery
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bleeding Kansas
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violent attacks between those against slavery and for slavery
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