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57 Cards in this Set
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Sued for freedom
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Dred scott
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1856 Republican candidate
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John C Fremont
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1856 Democratic candidate
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James Buchanan
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1856 Know Nothing candidate
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Millard Fillmore
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Antislavery Wigs, Dems, and free soirees joined together to form the
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Republican party
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What Supreme court decision meant that the constitution protected slavery?
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The Dred Scott case
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Who believed slavery was morally wrong
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Abe Lincoln
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Which mans death became a rallying point for abolitionists
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John brown
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Lincoln was relatively unknown until the
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Congressional election of 1858
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Name not on southern ballot
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Abe Lincoln
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Withdrawal from the union
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Secession
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Candidate of southern dems
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John Breckinridge
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February 4, 1861
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Confederate states of America formed
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Proposed last minute compromise
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John Crittenden
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The first state to vote to secede
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South carolina
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The first president of the confederate states of america
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Jefferson Davis
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Southerners justified secession with the theory of
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States rights
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What event marked the beginning of the civil war
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Fort Sumter shelling
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The union captain of fort Sumter was
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Abner Doubleday
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What was the main message of republican candidates in the election of 1854
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The governMent should ban slavery from new territories
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What did the results of the elections reveal about the democratic party
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They were a southern party
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Who won the election?
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Buchanan
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How did chief justice Roger B Taney apply the fifth amendment in his ruling of the dred Scott case?
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The fifth amendment prohibits congress from taking away property
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Where was the senate race that pitted Stephen a Douglas vs Abe Lincoln held?
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Illinois
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How did Douglas believe the issue of slavery should b resolved?
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Popular sovereignty
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What did lincoln gain after the congressional election
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National reputation
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When and where did abolitionist John Brown lead 18 men on a raid on an arsenal?
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Harpers ferry virginia, october 16, 1859
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Which state seceded on Dec 20, 1860
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South carolina
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Which harbor guards fort sumter
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Charleston Harbor
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When did confederate guns opened fire on fort sumter
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April 12, 1861
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The union garrison held out for how many hours?
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33
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Lincoln called for how many troops to fight to save the union?
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75,000
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Slave state
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Missouri
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Free state
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Maine
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Free-soil party candidate
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Martin van buren
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Runaway slaves
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Fugitives
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To leave the union
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Secede
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An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region
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Sectionalism
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The plan that preserved the balance between slave and free states in the senate was
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Missouri compromise
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The main issue in the presidential election of 1844 was
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Annexation of Texas
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Who proposed that neither congress nor local government had the authority to ban slavery from a territory
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John C Calhiun
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To not cast votes
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Abstain
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Bought freedom of enslaved people
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Antislavery groups
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Boundary of slaves
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36*30 N latitude
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Allowing the people to decide
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Popular sovereignty
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Caused over 200 deaths
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Bleeding Kansas
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Violent abolitionist
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John brown
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the law that required ll citizens to help catch runaway enslaved people
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Fugitive slave act
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Which act did Sam houston predict would "convulse the country from Maine to The rio grande
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Kansas- Nebraska act
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Missourians who crossed the border to vote for slavery were
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Border ruffians
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In what year did Henry Clay propose a plan to settle the division in congress
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1850
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Henry Clays proposal launched a death that lasted
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7 months
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Who wrote uncle toms cabin?
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Harriet Stow
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Why did Stephen Douglas propose organizing the region west of Missouri
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Get people to move west so they can open the west continental railroad.
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What led Douglas to propose abandoning the missouri compromise?
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He knew the south would be mad because the north would be outnumbered in congress.
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When did congress pass the kansas- Nebraska act?
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1854
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What Happened in Kansas in the election of 1855
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A proslave legislature was elected
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