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20 Cards in this Set
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new party formed of an anti slavery platform in 1854
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republican party
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proslavery representative who brutally attacked an antislavery senator
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Preston brooks
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voted to secede from the U.S after election of 1860
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south carolina
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led a raid on harpers ferry Virginia
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john brown
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people who worked to bring an end to slavery
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abolitionists
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escaped from slavery and dedicated herself to abolitionist and women's rights movement
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sojourner truth
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a strong allegiance to a particular region of the country
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sectionalism
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regulated the spread of slavery by removing all restrictions on its spread
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Dred Scott decision
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aimed to gradually abolish slavery
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American colonization society
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the first shots of the of the civil war were fired here
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fort Sumter south Carolina
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most strongly supported war with mexico
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the south
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stated in his first inaugural address that southern states would not be allowed to secede; 16th president od the us
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Abraham Lincoln
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1. they believed federal government would not allow slavery in the south to continue 2. they viewed the constitution as a contract between states 3. the north refused to enforce the fugitive slave act |
southern states felt justified in seceding because... |
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raised the price of imports
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effects of protective tariffs
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allowed settlers of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether to allow slavery
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Kansas- Nebraska act
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passed because it did not upset balance between slave and free states in congress
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Missouri compromise
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refers to the violence between pro and antislavery in kansa
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bleeding kansas
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sisters from south Carolina who freed their slaves
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Angelina and Sarah Grimke
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supported popular sovereignty
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Stephan douglas
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5 point plan presented by henry clay and passed as separate proposals
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compromise of 1850
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