Civil War Era Legislation and Concepts

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What is the belief that one race is superior to others called?

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Racism

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What is the separation of people based on race called?

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Segregation

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Who is a person that wanted America to end the practice of enslaving men, women, and children in the South?

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Abolitionist

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What was the agreement between slave states and free states that admitted California abolished the slave trade in DC but strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law?

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Compromise of 1850

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What was the landmark Supreme Court case that held that enslaved Americans were property and could never be free?

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Dred Scott Decision

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What is the political doctrine that the people who lived in a region should determine for themselves the nature of their government?

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Popular Sovereignty

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What act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders?

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Fill in the blank: The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between _______.

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Missouri and Maine