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Free-soil Party
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a political party dedicated to to stopping the expansion of slavery.
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Missouri Compromise
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A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slaves states and free states.
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Compromise 1850
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A series of Congressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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An 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery.
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Henry Clay
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A statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House of Representatives. Was a leading war hawk.
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John Brown
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Was an abolitionist who wanted to end slavery. Was called "the most controversial of all 19th-century Americans." He was a republican.
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Daniel Webster
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He was a statesman and a senator during the nation's Antebellum Period.He was also a spokesman for modernization, banking and industry. Served in the House of Representatives (representing New Hampshire) for 10 years, the Senate (representing Massachusetts) for 19 years and served as the secretary of state for 3 presidents.
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Robert E. Lee
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He was a military officer who was best known for having commending the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. By the end of the Civil War, he was commanding general of the Confederate Army.
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Fort Sumter
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A federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the Southern attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
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Border states
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A slave state(s) that borrowed states in which slavery was illegal.
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King cotton
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Cotton was called king because cotton was important to the world market, and the South grew most of the cotton for Europe's mills.
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Blockade
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When armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area.
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Anaconda PLan
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A strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War.
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revolver
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A handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.
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Battle of Bull Run
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On July 21, 1861, Union forces that were comannded by General Irvin McDowell didn't agree with Confederate forces headed by General Pierre Beauregard near a little creek known as Bull Run, which is north of Manassas. This battle is known as The Battle of Bull Run.
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Minie ball
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a bullet with a hollow base.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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He was the 18th President of the United States as well as a military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods.Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America. Grant began his lifelong career as a soldier after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that portrayed slavery as brutal and immortal.
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Fugitive Slave Act
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An 1850 law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves.
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Dred Scott vs. Stanford
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An 1856 Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal; the Court ruled against Scott.
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Harpers Ferry
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A federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 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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The confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union.
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Jefferson Davis
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He was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War serving as President for its entire history.Fought as a colonel of a volunteer regiment in the Mexican-American War.
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Calvary
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Soldiers on horseback.
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