Sectionalism Vocab Review

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a federal legislation of the that balanced desires of northern states to prevent expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it

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Missouri Compromise

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a balance between the number of slave and free states

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Perfect Equilibrium

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called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Compromise of 1850

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11th president

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James K Polk

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the desire of the United States to expand its territory from coast to coast

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Manifest Destiny

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an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.

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Mexican American War

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1st election of Abraham Lincoln that caused the Confederate states to secede from the Union.

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Election of 1860

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the idea that states could decide for themselves to be a slave or free state.

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Popular Sovereignty

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a deal that formalized the border between the United States and British North America west of the Rocky Mountains.

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Oregon Treaty of 1846

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The Supreme Court decided that no enslaved or free black could be a citizen of the United States, and Congress could not prohibit slavery in federal territories. Which case is this?

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Scott v Sanford