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Period: to
Civil War
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Missouri Compromise
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Mexican American War
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive Slave Act
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Who was Dred Scott and what did he have to do with the U.S. Supreme Court and the spread of slavery?
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How did Texas become a state?
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Why did violence break out in Kansas in the mid-1850s earning it the nickname “Bleeding Kansas”
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Who was John Brown and how did his raids increase tensions?
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Who was Nat Turner and how did his action influence slavery?
