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The group of South Carolinians that favored seceding at all costs.

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The group of South Carolinians that favored seceding, but only as a last resort.

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The group of South Carolinians that favored remaining apart of the Union.

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A proclamation delivered by the SC government to justify the reason for seceding.

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Arguments over Secession

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The election for 16th President, in which Abraham Lincoln beat Breckinridge, Douglas, and Bell. The election caused 7 states to secede in the following months.

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The raid was an attempt by abolitionist John Brown to start a slave revolt. Brown and his 22 men were defeated by US military.

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An American abolitionist who used violence instead of pacifism. One of the most famous examples was the Pottawatomie Massacre, where Brown and his group killed 5 slavery supporters

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The 16th President of the US. Served during the Civil war, and was elected during the very controversial Election of 1860.

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The decision made that ruled all slaves brought into free states would remain property, and deemed the Missouri Compromise "Unconstitutional".

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A short lived political party which featured the likes of Martin Van Buren. Their political

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A series of political conflicts in Kansas of whether the territory should allow slavery in its borders or not.

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A law passed to strengthen policies on runaway slaves, fining those who refused to capture runaway slaves.

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Act passed that allowed residents of the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether they would be free states or not.

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A series of compromises in 1850, including the abolition of slave trade in Washington D.C. and California entering the Union as a free state.

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War fought in the 1840s between the USA and Mexico. The US won and gain control of Northern Mexico, now Western US.

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Served as the 7th President of the US. Passed the Force Bill onto South Carolina, and served during the Nullification Crisis.

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Passed by Andrew Jackson to force South Carolina to pay the Tariff of Abominations.

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The 7th Vice President of the US, as well as SC Senator. Wrote an anonymous article about nullification and the Tariff of Abominations.

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Protective tariffs are tariffs that are enacted with the aim of protecting a domestic industry.

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A political debate between South Carolina and the federal government over whether states can nullify laws or not.

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Decision in 1820 that made Missouri a Slave state and Maine a free state. It also set the 36°30' line, where all states north of it would be free states, and states south of it would be slave states.

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Causes of the Civil War