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14 Cards in this Set
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This forced Northerners to help catch runaway slaves or be punished
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Fugitive Slave Act
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A gun warehouse
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arsenal
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This group of pro-slavery people protected the border and fought anti-slavery people trying to get into Kansas and vote on the slavery issue
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Border Ruffians
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A legal case brought to settle a dispute between people or groups.
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lawsuit
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To remove yourself from the United States
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secede
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Committing a crime against ones own country. John Brown was convicted of this.
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treason
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A war between people of the same country
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civil war
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This split the Nebraska Territory into 2 territories, Nebraska and Kansas. It also allowed the territories to vote on the issue of slavery.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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This political party formed to keep slavery out of the West. It was led by Abe Lincoln.
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Republican Party
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The right of people/voters to decide the issue of slavery for their state.
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Popular Sovereignty
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Someone willing to die for their beliefs.
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martyr
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This case went to the Supreme Court. The Courts decision was that slaves were not citizens, but were property.
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Dred Scott versus Sanford
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Suggested by Henry Clay, this admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
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Missouri Compromise
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This agreement had 5 parts. It allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and created the Fugitive Slave Act
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Compromise of 1850
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