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| First Republican president in 1860 and 16th president of the United States. |
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| he was a Democrat president in 1852 and didn't get nominated in 1856 |
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| he was the president that did nothing to stop secession |
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| Confederate states of America president from Mississippi |
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| he took over for Taylor in 1950 and didn't run again in 1852 |
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| he lost popularity due to popular sovereignty |
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| He lost a congressional election in Illinois to Douglas |
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| He received the second-most votes to Lincoln in 1860 |
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| he was the Constitutional Union party candidate in 1860 |
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| he ran for president in 1848 and lost to Taylor |
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| he was a great congressman that worked for compromise |
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| the man that proposed that all land from Mexico be free of slavery |
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| David Wilmot (Wilmot proviso) |
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| the general that surrounded Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia at the Arsenal |
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| he was the Supreme Court Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision |
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| he was the general that washed over Brown's hanging |
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| the party created by the Kansas-Nebraska act |
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| the only state in the north that Lincoln didn't win outright |
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| New Jersey(he only one half) |
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| this is used to elect the president |
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| the political party that had success in the 30s and 40s but lost popularity |
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| the senator that was beaten with a cane by Sen. Brooks |
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| the state admitted as a free state in 1850 |
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| the first state to secede from the union |
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| the only state admitted by popular sovereignty |
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| the state Lincoln was born in |
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| the only state Douglas won outright in the 1860 election |
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| what does the word secession mean? |
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| to leave the group or withdraw from |
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| what caused the states to secede? |
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| what did the seceded states called themselves? |
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| The Confederate States of America |
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| what was the temporary capital of the CSA? |
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| who wrote uncle Tom's cabin? |
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| what was the document created by Stephen Douglas to support popular sovereignty? |
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| what gave voters in Kansas the right to let slaves into the territory, but did not vote to allow slavery? |
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| the group of Southerners with extreme pro-slavery views |
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| who was the African-American killed in John Brown's raid? |
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| who was elected president in 1860 and 7 Southern states succeeded? |
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| who is the Democrat president elected in 1856 and did nothing to stop secession?? |
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| who took over the presidency after Zachary Taylor died? |
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| who was the 1852 Democratic candidate elected president? |
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| who did the Republicans select as their candidate in 1856? |
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| who did the Republicans select as their candidate in 1856? |
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| what was it called when citizens of these territory would decide the issue of slavery by vote? |
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| what were the names of the rifles given to the northern people moving to Kansas? |
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| what was the company that helped Northerners moved to Kansas? |
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| the Supreme Court case that made it illegal for African-Americans to sue in court? |
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| what states admittance brought up the question of slavery expansion again? |
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| what congressmen along with Stephen Douglas created popular sovereignty? |
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| what gave voters only right to decide if more slaves could enter, not if slavery could exist in the territories? |
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| what were the two differences in the CSA Constitution? |
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1.six-year presidency
2. Slavery could not be touched by Congress |
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