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an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal

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Missouri Compromise

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government by consent of the governed

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popular sovereignty

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the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the U.S in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories

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Free-Soil Party

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to withdraw from membership in a group

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secede

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a runaway

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fugative

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an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed

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Compromise of 1850

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one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves

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fugitive slave act

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an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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a type of warfare in which small. informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics

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guerrilla warfare

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Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas

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Border Ruffian

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an 1857 supreme court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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a political party established in the U.S in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories

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republican party

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a place where guns are stored

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arsenal

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a betrayal or action against one’s country

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treason

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a person who dies for his or her beliefs

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martyr

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unable to be changed

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unamendable

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agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it

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acquiescence

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a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War

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Border State

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the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas

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Battle of Bull Run

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An ironclad warship used by the Confederate in an attempt to break the Union blockade

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Virginia

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an ironclad warship

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monitor

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an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg

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Battle of Antietam

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an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union’s worst defeats

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Battle of Fredricksburg

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an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy

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Battle of Chancellorsville

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an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory

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Battle of Shiloh

24
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a war between people of the same country

THis was THE one YOU WERE MISSING

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civil war