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13 Cards in this Set
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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 comprimise
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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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comprimise of 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
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an 1854 law that established terretories of kansas and nebraska and gave their residents the right to whether to allow slavery
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henry clay
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a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky. He was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator
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john brown
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was an American revolutionary abolitionist, who in the 1850s advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States.
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daniel webster
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was a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War.
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fort sumter
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a federal fort located in the harbor of charleston.
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border states
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a slave state that borders states in which slavery was illegal.
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king cotton
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cotton was clled the king because cotton was so important to the world market.
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blockade
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when armed forces block the shippment of goods
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anaconda plan
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a stratigy by which the union got the confederate to surrender.
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zach m and scotty
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