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Compromise of 1850 |
A law passed by Congress that allowed California to be admitted as a free state, and allowed the rest of the territories gained by the Mexican Cession to decide the issue of slavery |
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Fugitive Slave Act |
Law that helped Southern slaveholders recapture runaway slaves that had escaped to the North |
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Popular Sovereignty |
When residents of a territory/state get to vote to decide an issue, like whether or not to allow slavery |
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Kansas Nebraska Act |
A law passed by Congress that split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska and allowed people to vote on slavery in these territories; repealed the Missouri Compromise |
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Republican Party |
A political party that formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery; still exists today |
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Dred Scott v Sanford |
A Supreme Court ruling that stated slaves were not citizens of the US and could not sue in the US courts and that slaves were property and the right to own property was protected by the Constitution |
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Harper's Ferry |
The location of a US arsenal in Virginia; raided by John Brown to obtain weapons for a slave revolt |
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secede |
To leave (withdraw from) the Union (United States) |
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Confederate States of America |
The government formed by 11 Southern states that had seceded from the Union |
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Confederate States of America |
The government formed by 11 Southern states that had seceded from the Union |
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Fort Sumter |
A US federal fort near Charleston, South Carolina that was the location of the first battle of the Civil War on April 12, 1861 |
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Border States |
Slave states that bordered the North and remained part of the Union during the Civil War |
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The Union's offensive plan to win the war by squeezing the Southern economy like a giant snake smothering its prey |
Anaconda Plan |
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King Cotton |
The importance of this crop in the world market convinced the South that European countries could aid the Confederate cause |
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Issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, this freed all the slaves in rebellious Confederate states |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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A famous African-American US regiment during the Civil War that was known for its bravery during the attack on Fort Wagner |
54 Massachusetts Regime |
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Where Southern General Lee surrendered to Union General Grant on April 9, 1865; ended the Civil War |
Appomattox Court House |
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The constitutional amendment that officially ended slavery in the United States |
13th Amendment |
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The constitutional amendment stating that all people born in the US were citizens and had the same rights |
14th Amendment |
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The constitutional amendment that gave African American men full voting rights |
15th Amendment |
