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12/08/2013

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Because of his not following the Supreme Court rulings opponents called Jackson
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King Andrew I
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This was a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831
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Nat Turner Rebellion
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According to Andrew Jackson, the Bank of the US put too much financial strength in
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a single institution
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According to Andrew Jackson, the Bank of the US hurt the ______ while benefitting the wealthy
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poor
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According to Andrew Jackson, the Bank of the US had too much influence over _____
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congress
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According the Andrew Jackson, the Bank of the US favored this region over the west
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North
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After his veto of the Bank of the US was overridden, what did Jackson do?
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Put money into banks of supporters
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What were these banks called?
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pet banks
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Banks out west that were not backed by gold
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wildcat banks
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This called for buying of public land using on gold
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specie circular
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What were the Whigs in favor of
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infrastructure
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The panic of 1837 was caused by
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over speculation of railroads and land
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Lilburn Boggs said this about the Mormons living in Missouri
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.........?
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Who was the founder of the Latter Day Saints movement
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Joseph Smith
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Why did Van Buren not help the Mormons in Missouri
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He didn't want to lose Missouri in election
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Three provisions required of Americans settling the Texas area of Mexico
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Become a citizen, speak Spanish, and be catholic
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Thousands of individuals from this state volunteered to help fight for Texan independence
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Tennessee
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Davy Crockett, William Travis, and Jim Bowie were all massacred by the Mexicans under Santa Ana here
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Alamo
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Texas won its independence at this battle
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Slaves revolted and tool control of this ship; a US court ruled that those slaves should be repatriated
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Amistad
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"Tippacanoe and Tyler too" was a campaign for what president
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Harrison
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What were some of the major platforms for the Whig Party
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community over indiv., national banks
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Why did millions of Irish come to the US in 1848
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great potato famine
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many businesses had this posted about irish
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"irish need not apply"
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what other European group migrated in the mass in the late 1840s
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germans
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the anti-immigrant movement was know as
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nativism
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what was the major reason people disliked immigrants
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competition for jobs
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who was the father of the American factory system
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Slater
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HE invented the interchangeable parts and the cotton gin
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eli whitney
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he invented the sewing machine
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elias howe
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he invented the telegraph
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morse
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in commonwealth V, hunter the SC ruled that these were legal if they were honorable
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labor unions
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western farmers made livings off of these two items
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liquor and hogs???
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he invented the steel plow
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deere
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this road, built by federal money was also known as the national road
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Cumberland road
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DeWitts ditch was also know as
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erie canal
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these "iron horses" changed the face of america
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trains/railroads
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this private company was set up to deliver packages across the country it failed
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pony express
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revival of emotional religious teachings in 1800
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second great awakening
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two major preachers of the second great awakening
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beecher and finney
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he led the Mormon migration to utah
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brigham youngq
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the Mormon's set up this republic
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republic of deseret
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he is the father of the American education system
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Horace mann
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she was a pioneer in women's education
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emma willard
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during the 1820s (the age of reforms) how did the role of prisons change
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criminal codes soften, capital offense reduced
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she attempted to reform mental asylums; she was also superintendent of nursing during the civil war
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dorthea dix
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he was known as the father of prohibition
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neal s dow
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they wrote epistles to southern clergy and women about abolitionism
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grimke sisters
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she advocated abolitionism, women's rights; she is considered the first feminist
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lucretia mott
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she set up the first women's organization and promoted birth control. temperance, and property
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Elizabeth stanton
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she helped found the women's temperance movement-she gave numerous speeches per year
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susan b anthony
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first major women's conference held in 1848
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Seneca falls
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at the ohio women's right convention in 1851, she gave the "I aint a woman' speech
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sojourner truth
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these were two utopian community set up in the US
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new harmony and oneida
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First American writer to win international recognition
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Washington irving
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Author of the leather stocking tales, he was the first to gain world fame
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james cooper
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these people believed the oversoul reached into the world of ideas
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trancendentalist
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he authored the American scholar and self reliance; he was the leader of this trancendenatalist movement
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Ralph emerson
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transcendentalist that authored civil disobedience and walden
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henry thoreau
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he authored the scarlet letter
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Nathaniel hawthorne
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father of the detective story; he authored the raven, the fall of the house under usher, and Annabelle lee
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edgar allen poe
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he authored moby dick
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henry melville
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father of free verse; he authored leaves of grass and "oh my captain my captain"
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walt whitman
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in what two ways did the north help the slave trade
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continued to build slave ships, sold slaves
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what % of southerners owned slaves
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25%
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what was black ivory
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slaves
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the black belt was made up of what five southern states
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SC, GA, AL, MS, LA
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What is the peculiar institution
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slavery
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what religious group was the first to promote abolitionism
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quakers
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The US founded this African nation for former slaves
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liberia
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he authored American slavery as it is in 1839
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Theodore Dwight weld
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editor of the liberator
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William Lloyd garrison
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editor of the alton observer in ohio; he was murdered bc of his abolitionist views
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Elijah p lovejoy
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the gag resolution forbids the discussion of this in the congress
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slavery
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what did free soilers oppose
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extending slavery into the territories
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why were abolitionists unpopular in the north
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bc if slaves were freed, it would leave less jobs for white people
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john o'sullivan coined this term
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manifest destiny
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what did this term mean
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ordained by god that the US should extend from the atlantic to the pacific
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his thesis discussed the movement of the American frontier-and the ruggedness of the American individual
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Frederick Jackson turner
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What president was know as "his accidentcy
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???
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published attack against policies or gov. officials
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broadside
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when the gov. promised 320 acres to people in the northwest-massive migration occurred along this
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Oregon trail
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the donner party became lost when it left here
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California trail
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presidential candidates that people do not believe will win the nomination are known as
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dark horse
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under his administration the US gained its northern border with Canada and texas
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??
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this campaign slogan demanded the british cede to this line of latitude
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54-40 or fight
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the US believed this was the southern border of texas
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rio grande
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mexico believed this was the southern border of texas
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new oasis river
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the general said his men were fired upon by Mexican soldiers
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Taylor
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Abraham Lincoln authored this resolution in regards to claims that americans had been fired upon
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spot resolution
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the war with mexico gave valuable battle experience to generals that would fight in
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???
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this treaty ended the war with mexico
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treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo
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what % of Mexican land did the US receive
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40%
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this amendment to the treaty stated that slavery would not extend into territory gained from mexico; it failed
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wilmont amendment
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the American concept of self determination-individuals would decide if new states were slave or free
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????
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Gold was discovered here in 1848
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sutters mill
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what were people called that took part in the gold rush
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49ers
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this compromise allowed California to enter as a free state
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compromise of 1850
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the federal gov agreed to enact a
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