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chap 21
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8th Grade
04/27/2011

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the union
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the u.s as one countr under a single government. During the civil war, it was the government and armies of the north
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missouri compromise
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proposal by Henry Clay were missouri would be admitted as a slave state, and maine as a free state to keep the divison equal
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secession
Definition
act of withdrawing from an organization or alliance
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fugitive
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a person who flees or tries to escape
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compromise of 1850
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five part agreement over slavery where california was admitted as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
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fugitive slave act
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law that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves
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Uncle Tom's cabin
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novel by harriet beecher stowe showing the evils of slavery and the injustices of the fugitive slave act.
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kansas-nebraska act
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1854 law establishing the territories of kansas and nebraska giving the settlers the right to decide on the issue of slavery
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dred scott v. sanford
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an 1857 supreme court case that questioned federal power of slavery in the territories
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republican party
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established in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territoies
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civil war
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war between peope of the same country
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