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23 Cards in this Set
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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1854 law that called for the creation of these two new territories, and stated that the citizens in each territory should decide whether slavery would be allowed there.
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Popular sovereignty
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policy of letting the people in a territory decide whether slavery would be allowed there.
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Free soiler
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Person dedicated to preventing the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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1857 supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were not citizens.
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Arsenal
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a place were weapons are made or stored.
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Border States
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in the civil war, the states between the north and south.
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Lower south
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States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georiga, and South Carolina.
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Secessionist
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Person who wanted the south to secede.
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Confederate States of America
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Association of seven seceding southern seceding states formed in 1861.
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Fort Sumter
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federal fort in the harbor of charleston, south carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War.
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Upper South
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designation used in the civil War encompassing the states of Virginia, north Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
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union
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what the unified nation was called
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prejudice
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an unreasonable, usually unfavorable opinion of another group that is not based on fact
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obsolete
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outdated
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manifest destiny
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he obvious undeniable fate
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annex
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to “join” or “attach”
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Mexican War
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A war that was declared against Mexico in 1846 because of a skirmish that Mexican troops were involved in with Taylor's forces
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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A treaty that was signed on February 2, 1848 that reflected Mexico's weak bargaining position
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Gadsden Purchase
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the selling of 30,00 square feet of present-day southern New Mexico and Arizona to the US
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Wilmot Proviso
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Pennsylvania Democrat David Wilmont's “ammendment” to a bill that dealt with negotiating with Mexico that spoke against slavery
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Compromise of 1850
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Clay's main plan for a compromise over slavery
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Fugitive Slave Act
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ordered all citizens of the US to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escaped from their owners
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nativism
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a movement to ensure that native-born Americans received better treatment than immigrants
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