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A group of radical pro-slavery southerners that wanted the south to secede from the Union.

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Someone who supports Secession during the Civil War.

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Someone who opposed Secession during the Civil War.

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The official document stating that southern states would secede from the union.

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The election that Republican Abraham Lincoln won presidency.

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The effort taken by John Brown to start a slave revolt and take over Harpers Ferry.

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An abolitionists of the nineteenth century that fought to free slaves by military force.

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The sixteenth president of the United States that fought to abolish slavery.

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The decision made by the Supreme Court that slaves were property and have to move with their masters wherever they go.

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Being in a US political party in 1848 and not wanting the expansion of slavery.

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The name for all the fighting that took place in Kansas when men from Missouri came to Kansas.

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The Laws passed by the United States between 1793 and 1850 that provide the return for slaves that escaped from one state to another.

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The Act that repealed of the Missouri Compromise and allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they want slavery.

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A set of laws that abolished slavery in Washington D.C.

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A war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.

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The seventh president of the United States.

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The first law that stated that states had to right to secede from the union.

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A South Carolina politician that fought for slavery and states' rights.

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A tax on imported goods from other countries to promote American-made goods.

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A political crisis in 1832 to 1833 in which South Carolina confronted the federal government.

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The agreement that made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state.