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16 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 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 their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery
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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 that 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 or 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 in the Civil War
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Minie Ball
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A bullet with a hollow base
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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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Fugitive Slave Act
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An 1850 law to help slave holders recapture run away slaves
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Harpers Ferry
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A federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured 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 secession from the Union
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Cavalry
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Soldiers on horseback
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