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Early U.S. - Chapter 11
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10th Grade
03/23/2010

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First Republican president in 1860 and 16th president of the United States.
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Abraham Lincoln
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he was a Democrat president in 1852 and didn't get nominated in 1856
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Franklin Pierce
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he was the president that did nothing to stop secession
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James Buchanan
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Confederate states of America president from Mississippi
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Jefferson Davis
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he took over for Taylor in 1950 and didn't run again in 1852
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Millard Fillmore
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he lost popularity due to popular sovereignty
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Stephen Douglas
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He lost a congressional election in Illinois to Douglas
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Abraham Lincoln
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He received the second-most votes to Lincoln in 1860
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John Breckenridge
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he was the Constitutional Union party candidate in 1860
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John Bell
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he ran for president in 1848 and lost to Taylor
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Lewis Cass
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he was a great congressman that worked for compromise
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Henry Clay
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the man that proposed that all land from Mexico be free of slavery
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David Wilmot (Wilmot proviso)
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the general that surrounded Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia at the Arsenal
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Robert E. Lee
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he was the Supreme Court Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision
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Roger Taney
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he was the general that washed over Brown's hanging
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"Stonewall" Jackson
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the party created by the Kansas-Nebraska act
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Republicans
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the only state in the north that Lincoln didn't win outright
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New Jersey(he only one half)
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this is used to elect the president
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The Electoral College
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the political party that had success in the 30s and 40s but lost popularity
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The Whigs
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the senator that was beaten with a cane by Sen. Brooks
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Sen. Sumner
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the state admitted as a free state in 1850
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California
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the first state to secede from the union
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South Carolina
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the only state admitted by popular sovereignty
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Kansas
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the state Lincoln was born in
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Kentucky
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the only state Douglas won outright in the 1860 election
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Missouri
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what does the word secession mean?
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to leave the group or withdraw from
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what caused the states to secede?
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The election of 1860
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what did the seceded states called themselves?
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The Confederate States of America
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what was the temporary capital of the CSA?
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Montgomery, Alabama
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who wrote uncle Tom's cabin?
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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what was the document created by Stephen Douglas to support popular sovereignty?
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The Freeport Doctrine
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what gave voters in Kansas the right to let slaves into the territory, but did not vote to allow slavery?
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Lecompton constitution
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the group of Southerners with extreme pro-slavery views
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the fire-eaters
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who was the African-American killed in John Brown's raid?
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John Copeland
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who was elected president in 1860 and 7 Southern states succeeded?
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Abraham Lincoln
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who is the Democrat president elected in 1856 and did nothing to stop secession??
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James Buchanan
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who took over the presidency after Zachary Taylor died?
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Miller Fillmore
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who was the 1852 Democratic candidate elected president?
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Franklin Pierce
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who did the Republicans select as their candidate in 1856?
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John C. Fremont
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who did the Republicans select as their candidate in 1856?
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John C. Fremont
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what was it called when citizens of these territory would decide the issue of slavery by vote?
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popular sovereignty
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what were the names of the rifles given to the northern people moving to Kansas?
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"Beecher Bibles"
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what was the company that helped Northerners moved to Kansas?
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Emigrant Aid Society
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the Supreme Court case that made it illegal for African-Americans to sue in court?
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Scott versus Sanford
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what states admittance brought up the question of slavery expansion again?
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Texas
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what congressmen along with Stephen Douglas created popular sovereignty?
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Lewis Cass
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what gave voters only right to decide if more slaves could enter, not if slavery could exist in the territories?
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Lecompton Constitution
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what were the two differences in the CSA Constitution?
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1.six-year presidency
2. Slavery could not be touched by Congress
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