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The economy of the South depended largely on

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slave labor

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Southerners' belief that states should have higher authority than the federal government was called:

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states rights

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Under this compromise, if a slave state was added to the Union, a free state or territory must also be added.

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Missouri Compromise

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The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to keep peace with Southern states

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Compromise of 1850

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This law allowed "popular sovereignty" (right to choose) in several U.S. territories

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. The immediate result was

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Southern States began to leave the Union (secede)

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Georgia statesman Alexander Stephens, many non-slave owners, and small farmers _____ secession

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opposed

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This stated that Georgia was willing to remain in the Union after the compromise of 1850 as long as the north complied with the Fugitive Slave Act and did not try to stop the spread of slavery.

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Georgia Platform

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Dred Scott, a slave that lived for a time in free states, sued for his freedom. What position did the Supreme Court support in their ruling for his case?

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The Supreme Court declared that enslaved people and freed blacks were not citizens of the United States and that those enslaved were the property of the owner.

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Nullification

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the act of making legally void; does not apply to me