Vocabulary Review

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Alexander Stephens

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Georgia Governor, and Vice-

President of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.).

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Compromise of 1850

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compromise between the North and

South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for

the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Dred Scott Case (1857)

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Supreme Court ruling that declared

slaves were not citizens of the United States.

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Election of 1850

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election where Abraham Lincoln defeated

three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election

Southern states seceded from the Union.

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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act that required runaway slaves

to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States

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Georgia Platform

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Georgia would accept the Compromise of 1850 if they would accept and ENFORCE the Fugitive Slave Law.

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free

state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36 ̊30’

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Nullification

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the act of making legally null and void.

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Secede / Secession

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the withdrawal of eleven southern

states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.

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Tariff

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Tariff: a tax imposed by a government on the import or export of

goods between countries.