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10 Cards in this Set
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Missouri Compromise
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California could be a free state as long as the North obeyed the Fugitive Slave Law.
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Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
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Dred Scott, a slave who moved with his owner to free territory, asked for freedom and Supreme Court denied it stating slaves were property and US citizens had the right to move anywhere.
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Compromise of 1850
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In 1854, Congress passed this law which allowed Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery or not.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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States should be allowed to make their own decisions about most issues.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The law required police in free states to help capture slaves escaping from slave states.
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Dred Scott Decision
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A new country formed by South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. They had their own Constitution and their president was Jefferson Davis.
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John Brown's Raid
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It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 to protest the Fugitive Slave Law. It described the horrors of slavery.
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State's Rights
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In 1820, Congress created an imaginary line east to west through the LA territory. Slavery would be allowed south of the line, but forbidden north of the line, except for Missouri.
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Election of 1860
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In 1859, a group of men took control of a building in Harpers Ferry, VA and stole weapons hoping to start a rebellion. It was led by John Brown: he and his men were arrested.
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Confederate States of America, 1861
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Abraham Lincoln becomes President: South Carolina is the first state to secede from the Union.
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