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Chapter 6 Section 3
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11/14/2012

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martial law
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is another name for military rule
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Missouri
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this slave state did not secede from the Union
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Fort Sumter
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place where the first shots of the civil war were fired
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Confederacy
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was also known as the Confederate States of America
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Richmond, Virginia
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state where the Confederate capital was established
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Jefferson Davis
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was chosen as president of the Confederate States of America
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South Carolina
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the dissolution of the Union began with the secession of this state
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Republicans
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were blamed by many Southern newspapers and politicians for John Brown's raid
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Frederick Douglas
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believed that the pathway from slavery to freedom consisted of the changes in an enslaved person's life brought about by an education
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Southerners
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feared that if the young Douglass learned to read, then he would no longer be mentally content to accept his enslave status
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seceding states
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after South Carolina voted to dissolve its ties to the Union, the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas also voted to secede
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John C. Breckinridge
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of Kentucky was nominated as a candidate for president y the Southerners who had organized their own nominating convention in Richmond
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Baltimore, Maryland
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city where President Lincoln imposed martial law so that anyone supporting secession could be arrested and held without trial
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James Buchanon
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was president prior to Abraham Lincoln's inauguration and was responsible for the initial response of the United States to secession
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Confederate Constitution
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acknowledged the independence of each state, guaranteed slavery in Confederate territory, banned protective tariffs, and limited the president to a single six year term
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Crittenden's Compromise
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name given by newspapers to a series of amendments to the Constitution that was proposed by Senator John C. Crittenden of Kentucky
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Crittenden's Compromise
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proposed to extend the Missouri Compromise line and allow slavery south of it
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Abraham Lincoln
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wanted to prevent Maryland from seceding, because if it did Washington, DC would be surrounded by Confederate territory
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Abraham Lincoln
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in his inaugural speech, Lincoln repeated his commitment not to interfere with slavery where it already existed
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Constitution Union Party
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took no position on the issues dividing North and South; their purpose was to uphold both the Constitution and the Union
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