Civil War Word Scramble
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Slavery | when a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant. |
States' rights | the belief that the states interests should take precedence over the interests of the national government |
Nullification | the failure or refusal of a U.S. state to aid in enforcement of federal laws within its limits |
Missouri Compromise | an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri. |
Compromise of 1850 | allowed California as a free state, but let other territory choose if they wanted slavery |
The Georgia Platform | final settlement of the border slavery problems |
Dred Scott case | Scott went with his master to several free states the filed a lawsuit saying he was free because he had lived in a free state |
Kansas-Nebraska Act | created Kansas and Arkansas |
Electon of 1860 | Controversial election that started the Civil War |
Alexander Stephens | vice-president of the Confederate States |
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