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26 Cards in this Set
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Free-Soil Party
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Politician party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
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Missouri Compromise
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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
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A series of laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states
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Kansas- Nebraska Act
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law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery
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Henry Clay
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He was a lawyer and a politician and represented Kentucky
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John Brown
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He was someone that wanted to end slavery and worked very hard
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Daniel Webster
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He was a leader of Massachusetts and defended the New England shipping interests
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Robert .E. Lee
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He was a military officer that commanded during the Civil War
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Fort Sumter
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A federal fort located in the harbor of Charlston, South Caroline; the southern attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the CivilWar
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Border states
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A slave state the bordered states in whiich slavery was illegal
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King Cotton
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Cotton was called king because cotton was important to the world's market, and the south grew most of it's 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 or out of the are
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Anaconda Plan
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A strategy by which the union proposed to defeat the Confederecy in the Civil War
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Revolver
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A repeating firearm with at least one barrell for firing
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Battle of Bull Run
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It was the first major battle of the Civil War
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Minie ball
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Is a bullet with a hollow base
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Ulysses S. Grant
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He was the 18th president and was playing that role during the second half of the Civil War
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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 immoral
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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She was against slavery and wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Fugitive Slave Act
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An 1850 law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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He decided which slaves went where
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Harpers Ferry
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A federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1856 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 secession from the union
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Jefferson Davis
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He was the leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War
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Calvary
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Soldiers on horseback
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