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22 Cards in this Set
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Free soil party
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The people who wanted to free slavery
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Missouri compromise of 1820
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The compromise where states north of the line were free states, and below were slave states
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compromise of 1850
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california is a free state, but the fugitive slave act was put in place
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Kansas Nebraska act
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The states were allowed to decide weather it was a slave or free state by popular soveringty, or "majority rules"
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Henry clay
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Made the compromise of 1820 and 1850
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John Brown
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Most notable person in kansas, while the voting was happening.
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Robert E Lee
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Captain in the confederate army
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Fort Sumter
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The start of the civil war, the fort was fired by confederate troops.
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Border States
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States that were in between union states and confederate states
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King Cotton
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An expression the confederacy used to support succession
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Blockade
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A complete block
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Anaconda plan
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The plan proposed to win the civil war for the union
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Revolver
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an old style gun
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Battle of bull run
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The critical civil war battle that happened at bull run
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Minie ball
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a better bullet designed to stabilize spin.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Uncle tom's cabin
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The book that brought the reality of slavery to peoples attention
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Fugitive Slave Act
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The act where slave owners can get their runaway slaves back, even if living in a free state
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Dred scott v. Stanford
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The trial where dread scott tried for freedom
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Secede
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To break away, leave
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Confederate States of America
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The union formed by the states that seceded from the U.S.
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Calvery
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Soldiers on horses
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