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23 Cards in this Set
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union
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the unified nation was called this
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prejudice
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unreasonable, unfavorable opinion against a 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outdated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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obvious or undeniable fate
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annex
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join or attach
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Mexican War
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war between the US and Mexico that started over boundry dispute
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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between the US and Mexico after the Mexican War
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Gadsden Purchase
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mexican govt. sold southern New Mexico and Arizona to US for $10 million-this provided route for southern transcontinental RR
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Willmot Proviso
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an attachment to a bills that came before congress that made slavery not possible in the new territories
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Compromise of 1850
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proposed by Henry Clay and was a plan for a compromise over slavery-Clay was seeking middle ground with 5 separate laws
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fugitive slave act
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part of the Compromise of 1850; it would order all citizens to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escaped form their owners; it denied jury trials to escaped slaves
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nativism
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a movement to ensure that native born Americans recieved better treatment than immigrants; it was in response to a surge in immigration
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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a plan that supported the practice of popular sovereignty; Senator Stephen Douglas introduced to solve the slavery question in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
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popular sovereignty
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letting the people in a territrory decide whether to allow slavery there instead of restricting the decision making power to Congress
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free soiler
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new settlers to Kansas from New England who worked to end slavery in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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court case where a slave filed suit against his owner because he and his wife onced lived in states and territories where slavery was illegal and they were free; Supreme Court ruled against Scott the slave and ruled slaves were not citizens and had no rights to sue in courts and that living in a free state did not free Scott from slavery.
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Lincoln Douglas Debates
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a series of seven debates on the issue of slavery in the territories
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arsenal
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a place where weapons are made or stored
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boarder states
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Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri bordered between the north and south
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lower south
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Texas, Louisiana , Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina
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secessionists
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those who wanted the south to secede
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Confederate States of America
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when delegates from the seven southern states met in Alabama and created a new nation in response to Lincoln being elected without any southern electoral college votes.
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Fort Sumter
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a federal fort on an island in Charleston's harbor; 1st battle of the civil war
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