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11 slave states

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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee

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11 free states

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Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana

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first 7 states to secede

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South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Georgia
Mississippi

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Next 4 states to secede

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Arkansas
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee

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All the border states

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Maryland
Delaware
Kentucky
Missouri

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David Wilmot

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Proposed the Wilmot Proviso

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Henry Clay

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Kentucky Senator “The great compromiser”
Proposed compromise of 1850 and the missouri compromise

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Stephen Douglas

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Proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act
Took over for Clay when he was too ill to continue his plan, ran for senate in illinois and ran for President

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John C. Calhoun

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Proposed that slavery be allowed in western states and N had to return fugitive slaves.
Threatened that the south would secede if slavery wasn’t allowed

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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A book that talks about the injustice of the fugitive slave act

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Charles Sumner

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Massachusetts senator
Made a speech criticizing Andrew Butler

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Andrew Butler

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South Carolina Senator
Helped make the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Criticized in Sumner’s speech

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Preston Brooks

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South Carolina Senator
Butler’s nephew
Beat Sumner with a cane, was unpunished

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Dred Scott

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Slave in missouri who moved to wisconsin with owner, moved back to Missouri with owner, then his owner died

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John Brown

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Abolitionist, decided to strike back against raids in kansas. Raided an arsenal, and got sentanced to death for treason
Was a martyr

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Franklin Pierce

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President who supported Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Abraham Lincoln and his beliefs

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Republican, Anti-spread, ran for senate in illinois (lost)
- believed that although blacks were inferior to white, slavery was legally and morally wrong
- disagreed with the idea of popular sovereignty for slavery
- Ran for president (won)

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Election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln - Republican, Anti-Spread
Stephen Douglas - Northern Democrat, pro popular sovereignty
John Breckinridge - Southern Democrat, pro slavery (spoke for the planters)
John Bell - Constitutional Union, whatever, just wanted the union to stay together

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Stephen Douglas 1860

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Northern Democrat, pro popular sovereignty

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John Breckinridge

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Southern Democrat, Pro slavery

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John Bell

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Constitutional Union, whatever just wanted to keep the union together

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Sam Houston

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Governer of texas
slaveowner, anti-abolitionist
Objected to secession
Thought that CSA was going to loose battle so there is no point in leaving if Lincoln will let us keep our slaves
Kicked out of office to Huntsville Tx (67)

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Martin Van Buren

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Former President, Free-soilers selected him to be their candidate for the free soil party election of 1848

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Robert Anderson

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Union Commander of fort Sumter
Refused to surrender until they ran out of food or ammo
Surrendered when CSA open fired on them

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John Crittenden

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made last effort to save union by introducing bill that was unamendable, to extend the 36 30 line to the pacific, and said that any states S of the line would have Slaves and any states N of line would be free

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Robert E Lee

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Commander of troops that captured Brown

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Missouri Compromise

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Proposed by senator Henry Clay(KY)
1. Maine enters Union as free state
2. Missouri enters as slave state
3. Congress draws imaginary line across the bottom missouri that spreads across the whole louisiana purchase. Any state N of line is free. Any state S of line is slave
* Just in Louisiana Purchase

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Compromise of 1850

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Proposed by Henry Clay
1. Cal enters as Free State (N)
2. Popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico Territories (N)
3. No more slave trade in DC
4. Settled the border dispute between Texas and New mexico
5. New Stricter Fugitive slave laws (S!!)

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James Mason

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When Calhoun was ill, he took over and read his speech

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Kansas-nebraska act and who it was proposed by

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Proposed by Stephen Douglas, and Andrew Butler.
- said that any states made out of Kansas/Nebraska territory would have popular sovereignty to decide whether they’d be free or slave

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Wilmot Proviso

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Bill to ban slavery in the western territories/mexican cession

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Why was the N mad about K-N act

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N was upset because it was above the 36 30 line

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Why did north senators pass the K-N act

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  1. Hope was that pro slavery people would move to MO and anti would move to KS
    Balance would be maintained
  2. North knew that if they pushed too hard, south might secede (leave Union)
    Had to swallow their pride and compromise their values and let K-N act pass despite that they hated it
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Border Ruffians

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Pro-slavery Missourians moved to Kansas to disrupt elections
- Intimidated antis
- Voted illegally
Helped elect pro-slavery govt in KS
- Very strict pro-slavery laws
- Death for aiding runaways
- Prison for saying anything anti
Antis refused to accept results of an election, held another election

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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DS went to supreme court and they dissmissed the case because Dred Scott was a slave not a citizen
1. Reinforced the legal status of slaves as property
2. Said that per constitution, congress did not have authority to make laws in territories
Meaning that missouri compromise was unconstitutional

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Republican party

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Formed in 1854 from factions (splinters) of 3 other parties
- Free soilers
- Northern Democrats
- Anti-Slavery Whigs

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Free Soiler Party 1854

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Anti-slavery members met in buffalo and founded free soil party to keep slavery out of western territories

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Election of 1856

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Republicans chose John C Fremont
Democrats chose James Buchanan (won)

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Wilmot proviso

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bill to ban slavery in the mexican cession lands

41
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fugitive slave

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a slave that has run away to seek freedom

42
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popular sovereignty

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ruled by the people

43
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guerrilla warfare

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the use of hit-and-run tactics

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Lawsuit

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legal case used to settle a dispute between people or groups

45
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abolish

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to eradicate, to do away with something

46
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abolitionist

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someone who wants to abolish something

47
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Abolitionist

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Capital A
Someone who wants to do away with slavery

48
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Anti-spread

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someone who doesn’t necessarily want to abolish slavery but doesn’t want it to spread to west

49
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Arsenal

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gun warehouse

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Martyr

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willing to give up his life for his beliefs

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Treason

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acts against one’s country

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Unamendable

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one that couldn’t be changed

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secede

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to voluntarily remove yourself, to quit

54
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secession

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the act of seceding

55
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Secession

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when the southern states quit the union

56
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civil war

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War between people of the same country

57
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political equilibrium

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Balance of power
- Between parties
- Between regions
Neither Side can get their way, they lack votes to dictate policy to the other side

58
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what was the 31st state

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California

59
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what was the S and F state equilibrium in 1820

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11-11

60
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President of the CSA

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Jefferson Davis

61
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where did john brown get captured

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Harpers ferry, west Virginia

62
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where did john brown attack in Kansas spell out

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Pottawatomie Creek

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