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Chapter 21
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8th Grade
03/22/2010

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Term
The Union
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The US under a single Government or the Government of the north during the Civil war.

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Missouri Compromise
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Missouri became a slave state,Maine became a free state. This maintained an equal division.
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Secession
Definition
To withdraw from an organization.
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Fugitive
Definition
A person who flees or escapes
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Compromise of 1850
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Five part agreement where California became a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act was created.
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Fugitive Slave Act
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Law that required the aid and capture of runaway slaves.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Novel showing the evils and of Slavery and the fugitive slave act.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Law that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to choose to be free or slave.
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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Supreme Court case that questioned the federal power of slavery in the territories.

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Republican Party
Definition
Wanted to keep slavery out of the western territories.
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Civil War
Definition
A war between people of the same country.
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