Topic 1 "Pre-Civil War"
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| Free-Soil Party | Anti-Slavery political party of the mid 1800s.
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| Popular Sovereignty | Principal in which the people are the only source of government power.
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| Secede | To formally withdraw membership in a group or an organization.
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| Henry Clay | American politician who was instrumental in the development of the Compromise of 1850
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| Fugitive Slave Act | Law that required all citizens to aid in apprehending runaway slaves.
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| Underground Railroad | System that existed before the Civil War, in which black and white abolitionists helped escaped slaves travel to safe areas, especially Canada.
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| Harriet Tubman | Fugitive slave that led hundreds of slaves out of bondage in the south through the underground railroad.
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| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Published Uncle Tom's Cabin, a powerful novel condemning slavery.
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| Kansas-Nebraska Act | 1854 law that divided the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska giving each territory the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery.
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| John Brown | A New York abolitionist who carried out a midnight execution of five proslavery settlers near Lawrence, Kansas.
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| "Bleeding Kansas" | Term used to describe the 1854-1856 violence between proslavery and antislavery supporters in Kansas.
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| Dred Scott vs. Sanford | Supreme court case that ruled against abolitionists and declared that slaves were property to their owners and therefore were not entitled to sue in court.
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| Abraham Lincoln | Winner of the 1860 election making him the 16th president of the United States and the leader of the Union during the Civil War.
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| Stephen A Douglas | Political rival of Abraham Lincoln that supported popular sovereignty as the solution to regional tensions.
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| Harpers Ferry | Town in Virginia (present day West Virginia) where abolitionist John Brown raided a federal arsenal in 1859.
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| Compromise of 1850 | Political Agreement that allowed California to be admitted as a free state by allowing popular sovereignty in the territories and enacting a stricter fugitive slave law.
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| Jefferson Davis | American solider, politician, and slave owner who served as the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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| Fort Sumter | Federal fort located in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
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| Abolitionist Movement | Nineteenth century movement that sought an end to slavery.
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| Election of 1860 | Presidential election won by Abraham Lincoln that resulted in seven states seceding from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America.
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| Confederate States of America | Government of 11 states that seceded from the United States and fought against the Union in the Civil War.
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