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King Cotton
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Undergraduate 1
11/14/2012

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King Cotton
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represented 1/3 exports from US
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compromise of 1850
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henry clay

series of 5 bills that diffuses tension between north and south for about 10 years

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stephen a douglas
Definition
lincoln's great rival
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popular sovereignty
Definition
right to vote whether anti or pro slavery
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fugitive slave act
Definition
involves the north with slavery
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underground railroad
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a network of trails for runaway slaves
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kansas-nebraska act
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first test of douglas' doctrine of popular sovereignty
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bleeding kansas
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what they call this state because of anti and pro slavery factions
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John Brown
Definition
radical abolitionist who believes he is on a devout mission to end slavery
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preston brooks
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beats charles sumner in the head
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republican
Definition

before democrat and whig party

anti-slavery

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Abraham Lincoln
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has a hard life

against slavery because he wanted to preserve the union

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free soil
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republican idea that land should be as cheap as possible for farmers
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lincoln-douglas debates
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what makes lincoln famous
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Dred Scott 1857
Definition

undoes every slave compromise

slaves are determined as property

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