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26 Cards in this Set
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Free-Soil Party
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A political party that opposed the expansion of slavery.
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Missouri Compromise 1820
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Regulation of slavery in western territories.
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Compromise 1850
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Settle the dissagreements between slave and non slave states.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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Gave their people the right to decide to be a slave or non slave state.
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Henry Clay
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Speaker of the House during the Missouri Compromise.
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John Brown
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Abolitionist who was hanged after trying to perform a raid.
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Daniel Webster
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A senator and speaker from Mass.
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Robert E. Lee
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Military Leader for the confederates.
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Fort Sumter
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Federal Fort in Charleston. where the Civil War began.
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Border States
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A slave state that borders a non-slave state.
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King Cotton
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Southern term to describe cotton as a very powerful and helpful thing for the confederates.
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Blockade
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When soliders don't let things (or people) in or out of a place.
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Anaconda Plan
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A plan suggested to surround the southern states to help win.
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Revolver
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A pistol with revolving chambers.
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Battle of Bull Run
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1861 civil war battle. the south won.
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Minie ball
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A bullet that has a hollow base.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Commander of the Union. became the 18th pres.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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A book by Harrier Beecher Stowe talking about how bad slavery is.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Fugitive Slave Act
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A law that helped slave owners get there runaway slaves back.
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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A slave sued his owner for freedom because his owner took him to a place where slavery was illegal.
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Harpers Ferry
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A federal Arsenal in Virginia That was captured during a slave revolution.
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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 by southerners after they seceded the union.
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Jefferson Davis
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Pres. of the Confederate states of America.
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Cavalry
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Soliders on horses.
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