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12 Cards in this Set
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John Brown |
Led a rebellion against slavery by attacking a U.S. Army post in Harper Ferry, Virginia. His rebellion failed.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Wrote a book called Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book made many people in the North sympathize for the slaves but people in the South claimed it was all lies. |
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Harriet Tubman |
She was born a slave but escaped. She led the Underground Railroad. |
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Frederick Douglass |
Earned enough money to buy his freedom. He wrote any books and newspaper articles against slavery. He was friends with Lincoln. |
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Popular Sovereignty |
An idea that people who live in a place make decisions for themselves. |
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States' Rights |
The idea that states should make the final decision about ideas that affect them. |
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Sectionalism |
Loyalty to one part of the country. |
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Fugitive Slave Law |
Citizen of the North had to return run away slaves to the South or face fines or jail time. |
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Northern economy |
Industrial |
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Southern Economy |
Agricultural |
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Missouri Compromise |
Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and all new states North of the 36 parallel were free states. |
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Kansas Nebraska Act |
Gave popular sovereignty to Kansas and Nebraska and Kansas joined the Union as a free state. |