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Under the presidency of James Monroe, this act regulated slavery in the north and south states, making it legal below the 36°30′ parallel and illegal above.
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the movement to get rid of slavery
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A paper written by William Lloyd Garrison, an active abolitionist. It called for the immediate emancipation of slaves.
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A runaway slave who rescued many other slaves via the undergound railroad.
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Stretched 780 miles from Independence, Missouri, to
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A colony in Texas established in 1825 by Stephen F. Austin. Made possible with permisson from Spain and Mexico.
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Southerners moving to Texas brought their slaves with them, which the Mexicans did not support.
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Turner and more than 50 followers attacked four
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He was imprisoned for "inciting revolution"
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Stretched from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman proved that wagons could travel on the Oregon Trail.
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The rebellion in which Texas gained its independence from Mexico.
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the belief that the United States was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory
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James K. Polk makes Texas a state.
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Mexico still believed Texas to be their territory even after the Texas Revolution and admission as a state.
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An antislavery newspaper started by Frederick Douglass.
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Ended the Mexican American War and established the Rio Grande as the border of Texas and Mexico.
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Implemented in response to the south;s call for secession, Henry Clay proposed this compromise. California entered as a free state while Utah and New Mexcio could vote for or against slavery.
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Fugitive slaves were not given the right to trial by jury and anyone convicted of helping a fugitive was liable for a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for up to six months.
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The system of escape routes used by slaves in the south.
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A novel by Harriet Tubman discussing slavery as a political struggle.
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Senator Stephen Douglas proposed that popular sovereignty would determine whether or notn there would be slavery in the newly acquired Nebraska territory.
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Dred Scott was a slave whose owner brought him to free land but was still expected to work as a slave, which he sued over. He lost.
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Neither men wanted slavery in the territories, but they disagreed on how to keep it out. Lincoln wanted abolition while Douglas preferred popular sovereignty. Douglas won.
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Brown led 21 men onto Harper's ferry in an attempt to start a slave uprising.
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Republican Abraham Lincoln is elected president.
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The Confederate States of America were formed under Lincoln's presidency and included South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
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Lincoln decided to neither abandon Fort Sumter nor reinforce it. He would merely send in “food for hungry men.”
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The bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with casualties totaling more than 26,000.
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Reinfocements helped the south make their first victory.
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This document emancipated slaves in America but did not apply to the Confederate States. It morally backed up the war.
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a draft that forced men into the army
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a tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income.
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The Confederate army looked as if it would win this battle, but the Union army fought them back to Virginia. 23,000 Union men and 28,000 Confederates were killed or wounded.
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This speech given by Lincoln helped the country to realize that it was not just a collection of individual states; it was one unified nation.
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Vicksburg was a Confederate stronghold taken over by the Union. Vicksburg itself was particularly important because it rested on bluffs above the river from which guns could control all water traffic.
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William Sherman began his march along with 25,000 former slaves through Georgia, burning almost every house in their path and destroying livestock and railroads.
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The Southerners had taken Richmind, VA the day before and set it on the fire so it couldn't be used by the union. Lee and Grant met to arrange a Confederate surrender. Grant paroled Lee’s soldiers and sent them home with their possessions and three days’ worth of rations. Officers were permitted to keep their side arms.
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This amendment abolished slavery.
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John Wilkes Booth, a Southern sympathizer, shot Lincoln as he sat watching a play.
