15-1 april 10 Flashcards
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Missouri compromise
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preserved balance between slave and free states in the senate.
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sectionalism
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loyalty
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temporary
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brief
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regulate
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control
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fugitive
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runaway
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seceding
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leaving
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Stephen a Douglas
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Illinois senator. divided Clays plan into parts that could be voted on separately
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abstain
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not vote
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compromise of 1850
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five bills in 1850.
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fugitive slave act
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attempt to pacify slaveholders. required all citizens to help catch runaways
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network
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interconnected system
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popular sovereignty
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allowing people to decide
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Kansas Nebraska act
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people came into Kansas to vote for slavery. allowed people to settle in Kansas and Nebraska
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border ruffians
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Missourians traveling in armed groups to cross border to vote for election
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inevitable
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unavoidable
