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| the belief that states could block or overrule the actions of federal government. |
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| the 1820 agreement by congress that Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state and slavery would not be be allowed in any states formed north of a line even with Missouri's border |
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| legislation passed by congress by which Califonia was addmitted as a free state, part of texas was given to new mexico,the fugitive slave law was stenghthened, and the issue of whether slavery would be permitted in new mexico and utah would be determined by a vote of the people living in those teritories. |
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| one who wanted to free the slaves |
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| thw withdrawl of a state from the union |
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| information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause |
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