Events leading to the Civil War.

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Define sectionalism.

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Loyalty or support for a particular region or section of a country.

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During the antebellum period, several political events and debates occurred. How did these political events change the relationship between individual states?

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Discussions and disagreements over issues such as states' rights, slavery, and the balance of power between the federal government and the states.

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What did the missouri compromise line divide?

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Divided the slave states from the free states.

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Written by John Calhoun in 1828, The South Carolina Exposition and Protest fueled the Nullification controversy by arguing that a state could do what?

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Nullify or invalidate a federal law within its borders

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Why did the Fugitive Slave Law anger people in the north?

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It required them to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves.

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Why was South Carolina so interested in new states added to the United States prior to the Civil War?

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To maintain a balance between Free States and Slave States in the Senate.

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What concept allowed the public in a certain area to vote on whether or not to allow slavery?

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Popular sovereignty

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What supreme court case ruled that a slave could not sue for his own freedom, even if he lived in a free state?

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Describe the attitude of the unionists concerning secession?

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The unionists were against secession.

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Describe the attitude of the cooperationists concerning secession?

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Cooperationists supported staying in the Union and avoiding secession.