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21 Cards in this Set
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The U.S. as a national unit during the civil war; the noth
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Union
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outdated
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obsolete
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argument that it was the undeniable fate of the U.S. to expand across NA
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Manifest Destiny
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conflict between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846-48 ending with a U.S. victory
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Mexican War
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1835 Purchase by the U.S. of Southwestern lands from Mexico
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Gadsen Purchase
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argument designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories
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Compromise of 1850
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policy of favoring native born americans over immigrants
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navitism
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policy of letting the people in a territory decide whether slavery should be allowed there
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popular sovereignity
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a series of 7 debates between Lincoln and Douglass on the issue of slvary in the territories
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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plave where weapons are stored or made
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arsenal
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states of texas, Louisiana, mississippi, alabama, florida, georiga, and south carolina
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Lower South
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federal fort in the harbor of Charleston South Carolina the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the civil war
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Fort Sumter
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designation used in Civil war encompassing the states of VA NC TN ARK
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Upper South
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to join to attach to an existing country
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annex
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treaty signed in 1848 by the US and Mexico ending the Mexican War
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treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
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ammednment to the 1846 bill stating that slvaery would not be permitted in any of the territoy aquired from mexico
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Wilmont Proviso
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Part of the compromise of 1850 a law ordering all citizens of the U.S. to assist in the return of slaves
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Fugitive Slave Act
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1854 law that called for the creation of two new territories and stated that the citizens in each territory should decide whether slaves are allowed there
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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doesnt want slavery to spread into west
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free soiler
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wanted the south to scede
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sessionist
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states between thr north and south
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border states
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