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Was an effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

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A settlement of a dispute between slave and free states, contained in several laws passed during 1820 - 1821.

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What Was the Missouri Compromise? | History

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A network of secret routes and safe houses established in the U.S. during the early mid 19th century and used by African-American slaves to freedom.

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Animation Series: From Slavery To Freedom, The Underground Railroad (#AtlantisBuild)

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People who favor the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.

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Is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of people.

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Made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas.

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Sound Smart: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 | History

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A controversial ruling made by Supreme Court in 1857, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War.

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John Brown and his men killed five pro-slavery men in Kansas by the Pottawatomie River.

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The anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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S.C. acted first, calling for a convention to secede from the Union.

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Lincoln challenged Douglas in a debate which became the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.

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The Compromise of 1850 was when California was able to enter the Union as a free state.

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The Compromise of 1850 Explained: US History Review

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Prohibited states from banning slavery called "the Next Dred Scott decision".

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U.S. politician who accepted that individual territories could have slaves if they wanted to.