Causes of the Civil War

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Agreement that divided the nation at the 36'30 parallel to equalize free and slave states

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Missouri Compromise (of 1820)

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Agreement that added California as a free state, allowed Utah and New Mexico to use popular sovereignty, and created a stronger Fugitive Slave Law

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Compromise of 1850

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Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the evils of slavery; turned millions of people against slavery

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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The idea that people in an individual state or territory should vote on whether or not they will be a slave or free state

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Popular Sovereignty

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Territories that used popular sovereignty: Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, California.

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California.

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The violent outbreak on the Senate floor between a Southern sectionalist and a northern Senator was known as

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the Sumner-Brooks Incident.

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This Supreme Court ruling held that black people were not citizens and that Congress cannot ban slavery.

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Dred Scott Decision

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Which political party believed in stopping the WESTWARD expansion of slavery?

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Republican Party

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The political group that believed all states should be free states; they rushed west to "win" Kansas.

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Free-Soilers

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These were the 7 public arguments between the Republican and Democratic candidates for the Senate seat of Illinois

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Lincoln-Douglas Debates