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25 Cards in this Set
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Free-soil Party
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The political party dedicated to stop slavery from expanding.
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Missouri Compromise 1820
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A series of laws created to maintain balance of power between free states and slave states.
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Compromise 1850
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A series of laws intended to settle huge disagreements between free states and slave states.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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A law that allowed the residents in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they wanted to allow slavery.
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Henry Clay
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The senator of Kentucky, and helped create the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
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Daniel Webster
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Senator of Massachusetts, supported compromises for sake of union.
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Robert E. Lee
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The Confederacy's most famous general during the civil war.
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Fort Sumter
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A federal fort in Charleston, SC that marked the beginning of the civil war after a southern attack.
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Border States
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Slave states that bordered states where slavery was illegal. (free states)
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King cotton
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Cotton. Called "king" because it was very important to world market; grown mostly in the south.
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Blockade
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When armed forces prevent transportation of goods/people in or out of an area.
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Anaconda Plan
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A stratetegy the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy.
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Revolver
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A pistol.
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Battle of Bull Run
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Site of the first land battle of Civil War.
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Minie Ball
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A bullet with a hollow base.
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Uylsses S. Grant
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President, elected in the year of 1868. (republican)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that showed slavery as brutal and cruel.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Fugitive Slave Act
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A law created in 1850 that helped slaveholders capture their runaway slaves.
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford
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When Dred Scott sued for his freedom from Sanford in 1857.
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Harpers Ferry
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A federal arsenal (in Virginia) that was captured in 1859 that took place 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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South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the Confederacy.
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Cavalry
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Soldiers on horseback.
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