Unit 12 Vocab Review

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Act allowing territories to decide on slavery (popular sovereignty).

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Period of violence during the settling of Kansas.

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Bleeding Kansas

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A legal case where a slave sued for freedom; Supreme Court ruled a slave in a free state isn't entitled to freedom or citizenship.

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Dred Scott

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Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain Congressional balance.

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Missouri Compromise

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Laws aimed at balancing interests: California as a free state; strengthened Fugitive Slave Law; end of slavery in D.C.

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Compromise of 1850

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Protest against the Tariff of 1828; stated SC would secede if not repealed.

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SC Exposition and Protest

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Authorized Jackson to use military for Tariffs of 1828 and 1832; SC refused to collect duties.

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Force Bill

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Abolitionist novel that dramatizes slavery, popular in the North.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Laws by Congress required citizens to not assist or return escaped slaves from one state to another.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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John Brown's armed effort to start a slave revolt by seizing a US arsenal.

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Harpers Ferry