Us History Chapter 6 Terms – Flashcards
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wilmont proviso
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the issue of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
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what was the main issue surrounding the land we aquired from Mexico in 1848
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whether to limit the expansion of slavery
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popular sovereignty
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people got to choose
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Harriet Beecher Stove
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wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
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what was the impact of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
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spread compassion for enslaved people in the North
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what was the impact of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
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infuriated people in the South
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how did Stephen Douglas suggest that the slavery issue should be resolved in the Nebraska territory
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the principle of popular sovereignty 2.
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how did Kansas get two governments
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proslavery settlers had set up territorial government near the border of Missouri; a slave state
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why is the Kansas territory named "Bleeding Kansas"
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they condemned Browns massacre
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John Brown
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killed 5 proslavery people in Kansas
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incident that occurred n the Senate for in May of 1856
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beat a guy with a cane
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significance of the Lincoln- Douglas debates
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were debating prior to election and pre- bought Lincoln into the spotlight
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Compromise of 1850
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California entered the Union as a free state as a result of this
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abolitionists believed that slavery
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was morally wrong and wanted to end it
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the book Uncle Tom's Cabin was about the injustices experienced by
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black slaves
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Frederick Douglass
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wrote the Kansas- Nebraska Act
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Republican Party
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when people opposed to the passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act, a group of antislavery northerners formed this
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the Fugitive Slave Law allowed
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the capturing of runaways
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Dred Scott
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sued his master because, he had lived with his master in a free state
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Kansas- Nebraska Act
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congressional act nullified the Missouri Compromise
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why did John Brown and his followers attack the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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to start a slave revolt
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"Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated that popular sovereignty was what
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a pro- slavery policy that consistently angered Northerners
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who were "border ruffians"
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pro- slavery voters from Missouri
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the Dred Scott decision stated that slaves
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were free when living in a free territory
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the North and South became more divided because of
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
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Jefferson Davis
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The President of the Confederate States of America
