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| California admitted as a free state, slave trade would be abolished in Wasington, DC, no new laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico, stronger laws to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves. |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| Confederation formed by the seceding Southern states |
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| senator from Illinois who successfully won passage of the Compromise of 1850 |
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| author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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| Senator from Massachusetts supported the Compromise of 1850 for the sake of the Union |
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| political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery |
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| bill intended to outlaw slavery in any territory the United States might aquire from the War with Mexico. Passed the House of Representatives, did not pass in the Senate |
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| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1857, who wrote the lead opinion in the Dred Scott Case. |
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| 15th President elected in 1856 |
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| Senator from Kentucky who drafted a plan to settle the California statehood problem. The plan resulted in teh Compromise of 1850. |
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| U.S. arsenal in Virginia attacked by John Brown in 1859. |
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| 1856 Supreme Court case. Decision extended the right of slaveholders and limited legal afforts to challenge slavery. |
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| Republican presidential candidate in 1856 |
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| President of the Confederacy. |
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| Compromise plan to prevent secession. |
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| Antislavery political party that formed in the 1850s. |
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| antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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| Republican presidential candidate in 1856 |
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| a system where residents vote to deicide an issue |
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| To formally withdraw from the Union |
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| law that helped slaveholders recapture runaway slaves |
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| law that split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska and allowed people to vote on slavery in these territories. |
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| a bullet with a shallow base. |
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| Warship covered with iron. |
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| a federal location in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Marked the beginning of the Civil War- April 12, 1861 |
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| 1862 Civil War battle in which the Confederacy forced the Union to retreat before it could capture the Southern capital of Richmond. |
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| Term used because of the importance of a specific crop to the world markets. |
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| a strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War |
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| Conditions and practices that promote health. |
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| Union General in the West |
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| 1861 battle of Civil War in which the South shocked the North with a victory. |
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| a slave statte that is next to states in which slavery wass illegal. |
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| an 1862 battle in Tennessee in which the Union forced the Confederacy to retreat in some of teh fiercest fighting in the Civil War. |
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| when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area. |
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| Barreled gun that shot a bullet long distances. |
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| military leader from Virginia, resigned from the U.S. Army and joined the Confederacy |
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| a Civil War battle in 1862 in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded |
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| Northerner who opposed war. |
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| Union general who was victorious at Vicksburg. |
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| Location of South's surrender |
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| Confederate who murdered President Lincoln |
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| Payment to men who volunteered for the army. |
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| Union victory that put the North ahead in the war. |
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| Constitutional amendment that officially ended slavery |
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| 54th Massachusetts Regiment |
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| Most famous African American regiment in the Civil War |
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| Union general who took Savannah in December 1864 |
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| Confederate attack on Union lines at Gettysburg. |
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| Confederate general who fled Richmond. |
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| Union victory that split the South in two |
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| Law that forced men to fight in the war. |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Legally freed slaves in rebellious Confederate States. |
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| Woman who organized relief agencies to help soldiers. |
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| Rights granted to all citizens. |
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| Financial panic caused by failure of several powerful banks. |
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| To punish a person by killing him or her without a trial. |
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| Gave African American full voting rights |
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| Congressman who wanted the federal government to change the Southern society. |
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| Organization that helped former slaves. |
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| Amendment providing equal rights for all U.S. citizens. |
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| Deal between Republicans and Democrats that allowed Ritherford Hayes to become President |
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| A school set up to educate former slaves. |
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| 17th President who was impeached in 1868 and acquitted by one vote in the Senate. |
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| Group that sought to keep former slaves powerless. |
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| The process of readmitting the Confederate states to the Union. |
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| Laws limiting freedom of former slaves. |
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| System in which a landowner provided land in return for part of the crop. |
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| Name given to an African American serving in the U.S. army in the West |
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| A deadly attack on a peaceful Cheyenne village by Colorado militia |
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| a cowhand that came from Mexico with the Spaniards in the 1500s |
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| Battle of Little Big Horn |
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| Famous battle between U.S. troops and Native Americans |
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| a piece of land and the house on it |
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| Spanish speak Southwesterner |
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| A town that has sudden burst of economic or population growth |
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| The area from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains |
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| taking cattle by foot to a railway |
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| William "Buffalo Bill" Cody |
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| Buffalo hunter who promoted life in the West |
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| Plan that gave Native Americans land to farm. |
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| A person willing to take the law into his or her own hands. |
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| Mass killing of Native Americans by U.S. troops |
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| Unsettled of sparely settled area occupied by Native Americans |
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| Land set aside for Native American tribes |
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| System in which government backed every dollar with a certain amount of gold |
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| A farmer on the Great Plain |
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| National political party formed by farm groups |
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| Farm organization owned and run by its members |
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| Group that helped the farmers |
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| An African American who migrated to the West |
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| Law that offered land to anyone who agreed to settle it. |
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| Presidential candidate supported by Populists and Democrats. |
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