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Free soil party
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A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery.
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Missouri Compromise 1820
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A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
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Compromise 1850
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A series of congressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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An 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave there residents the right to decide wether to allow slavery.
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Henry Clay
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He was a 19th-century American planter, statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, where he served as Speaker. He also served as Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829.
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John Brown
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was a revolutionary abolitionist in the United States, who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery for good. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre during which five men were killed in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859.
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Daniel Webster
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was a leading American statesman and senator during the nation's Antebellum Period. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests.
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Robert E. Lee
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was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
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Fort Sumter
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A federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; The southern attack on fort sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
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Border states
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A slave state which bordered states in which slavery was illegal.
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King cotton
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Cotton was called king because cotton was important to the world market, and the south grew most of the cotton for Europe's mills.
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Blockade
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When armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into our out of an area.
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Anaconda Plan
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A strategy by which the union proposed to defeat the confederacy during the Civil War.
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revolver
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A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing, with the modern revolver being invented by Samuel Colt. As the user cocks the hammer, the cylinder revolves to align the next chamber and round with the hammer and barrel, which gives this type of firearm its name.
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Battle of Bull Run
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The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the City of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
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Minie ball
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A bullet with a hallow base.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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He waws the 18th president of the United States. He was also a republican born in ohio on april, 27th 1822. He died on July 23, 1885.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that portrayed slavery as brutal and immortal.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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She was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) depicted life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom.
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Fugitive Slave Act
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An 1850 law to help slave holders recapture runaway slaves.
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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An 1856 supreme court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal; The court ruled against Scott.
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Harpers Ferry
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A federal arsenal in virginia that was captures in 1859 during a slave revolt.
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Secede
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To withdraw.
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Confederate States of America
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The confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states after their succession from the union.
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Jefferson Davis
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Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889), also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War serving as President for its entire history. After initially attending Transylvania University Davis later graduated from West Point.
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Cavalry
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Soldiers on horseback
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