History Ch. 9: A Nation Dividing

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a new political party started by northern Whigs

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Republican Party

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Who wrote a bill that let people in territories vote to be free or slave?

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Henry Clay

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Who said he should be free since he had lived in a free state?

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Dred Scott

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Who tried to get help for Clay's bill by dividing it into 5 bills?

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Stephen Douglas

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owned slaves but did not want slavery to spread

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Zachary Taylor

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escaped from slavery when some free black Americans raised enough money to buy his freedom

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Anthony Burns

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a group of people who thought slavery should end immediately

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abolitionists

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believed slaves were property

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John C. Calhoun

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What did many of the southern states do because they did not trust the president to protect their slaves?

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secede

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did not like people voting to have or not have slaves

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Abraham Lincoln