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Free soil: leadership consisted of anti-slavery former members of the Whig Party and the Democratic Party.

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Free soil: leadership consisted of anti-slavery former members of the Whig Party and the Democratic Party.

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Dred Scott Decision: a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law.

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Dred Scott Decision: a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law.

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Sectionalism: restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.

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Sectionalism: restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act:  passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act:  passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854.

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Fugitive slave
laws: laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.

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Fugitive slave
laws: laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.

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Underground Railroad: was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States

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Underground Railroad: was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States

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John Brown: an American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. 

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John Brown: an American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. 

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Senca Falls Convention: was the first women's rights convention.

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Senca Falls Convention: was the first women's rights convention.

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Grimke sisters: were the first American female advocates of abolition and women's rights.

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Grimke sisters: were the first American female advocates of abolition and women's rights.

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William Lloyd Garrison:  a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.

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William Lloyd Garrison:  a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.

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Social reform: A reform movement is the kind of social movement that aims to make gradual change, or change in certain aspects of society, rather than rapid or fundamental changes.

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Social reform: A reform movement is the kind of social movement that aims to make gradual change, or change in certain aspects of society, rather than rapid or fundamental changes.

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Public education: a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public.

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Public education: a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public.

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Industry: economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

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Industry: economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

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Immigration: the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

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Immigration: the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

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Erie Canal: a canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System.

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Erie Canal: a canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System.

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Frederick Douglass : an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

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Frederick Douglass : an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

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Nat Turner: an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831

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Nat Turner: an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831

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Abolitionists: a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.

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Abolitionists: a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.

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De facto segregation:especially in public schools, that happens “by fact” rather than by legal requirement.

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De facto segregation:especially in public schools, that happens “by fact” rather than by legal requirement.

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Antebellum: occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.

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Antebellum: occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.