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Causes of Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Louisiana Purchase | territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million |
| Missouri Compromise | an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories |
| Abolitionists | the people who worked to end slavery |
| Frederick Douglas | Escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Book written in 1852 by Harriet Beacher Stowe that stated the cruel life slaves endured |
| Manifest Destiny | a belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean |
| Mexican War | War lasting from 1846 to 1848 in which the US defeated Mexico and gained Mexican territory |
| Wilmot Proviso | Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico |
| Popular Sovereignty | The concept that a States people should vote whether to be a slave state or Free |
| Alabama Platform | The belief that you can not ban slavery in new states and territories |
| Henry Clay | "The Great Compromiser" - Kentucky Congressman who proposed the Missouri Compromise & the Compromise of 1850 |
| John C. Calhoun | Cogressman from South Carolina: slavery should be allowed in the West |
| Compromise of 1850 | Agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | Kansas and Nebraska became new states and each would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery |
| Bleeding Kansas | Name given to Kansas due to the violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups there |
| John Brown | Radical |
| Dred Scott Decision | Supreme Court decision that stated slaves were property |
| Republican Party | Politcial Party made up of Free Soilers |
| Election of 1860 | Set the stage for the American Civil War because Abe Lincoln won because of Northern support |
| Ft. Sumter | Union fort attacked by Confederates in 1861 sparking the start of the Civil War |
| Secede | When southern states left the union to protect slavery |
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