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| person with extreme views |
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| the successor to President Zachary Taylor, and let the Compromise of 1850 pass |
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| admission of Cali, popular sovereignty will decide the fate of states (free or slave), Fugitive Slave Act, and abolishing slave trade within District of Columbia |
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| federal crime to assist runaway slaves |
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| wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, the little lady who started this big war |
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| series of short stories about slave life; from stories she heard from runaway slaves in Ohio |
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| people would vote to decide |
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| proposed by Douglas; Chicago gets access to railroads; organization of Kansas/Nebraska Territories: popular sovereignty |
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| those opposed to the spread of slavery |
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| formed from free-soilers, the Whigs, and some Northern Democrats in 1854 |
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| the violence that occurred in Kansas in 1856, the territory gained the nickname "Bleeding Kansas" |
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| President who declared the free-soil government in Kansas as rebels |
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| murdered 5 pro-slavery settlers outside of Pottawatomie Creek in response to the Sack of Lawrence; tried to started slave rebellion in Maryland, but failed |
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| the killing of 5 pro-slavery settlers in front of Pottawatomie Creek by John Brown in response to the Sack of Lawrence |
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| fighting by marked sabotage, ambushes, and other surprise tactics |
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| Democratic candidate for the Election of 1856 |
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| Republican candidate for the Election of 1856 |
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| 5th Amendment of Constitution protects property rights; slaves are considered property; enslaved blacks or "freed" blacks are not citizens of US |
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| Constitution of Kansas Territory allowing slavery; made voters vote for people who would represent them in their vote on the Constitution |
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| Colonel at John Brown's raid; became aw well-known Southern general during the Civil War |
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| elected president in 1860; President during the Civil War; assassinated April 14, 1865 |
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| debates between Lincoln and Douglas, running for the Senate in 1858; more of spectacles, like a carnival or picnic |
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| declaration of principles for which a group stands |
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| nominated as the Southern Democratic candidate for president in 1860 |
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| nominated as the Northern Democratic candidate for president in 1860 |
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| Douglas's reply to Lincoln, stating that if the people did not want slavery, they would elect representatives who embodied their position; made in the second Lincoln-Douglas debate |
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| president of the Confederacy |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| the union of the seceded states |
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| proposal to amend the Constitution so that slavery is banned north of the old Missouri Compromise line (Mason-Dixon line); pay slaveholders for loss; another amendment would prohibit interference with transportation of slaves; opposition in North and South |
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| began February 4, 1861; all free slaves and remaining slave states, except Arkansas, to come up with a compromise; only came up with one similar to Crittenden Compromise, and that was rejected |
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