VBA 3 study guide

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Drew a line from east to west. divided the nation in two. Half free, half slaves.

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Missouri compromise

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a series of five laws that aimed to resolve tensions between north and south

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compromise of 1850

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the idea that people are the source of a governments power and authority

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popular sovereignty

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created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. repealed the Missouri compromise

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kansas-nebraska act

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Abolitionist (1800-1859) led unsuccessful raid on federal arsenal

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John Brown

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ruled enslaved people were not US citizens and could not sue in federal court

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dred scott decision

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depicted the horrors of slavery in the mid 19th century. believed to have contributed to american civil war.

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Harriet Beecher. Uncle toms cabin

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largest number of casualties of the entire war

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gettysburg

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a declaration by president abraham lincoln that enslaved people in confederate states were free

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Emancipation Proclamation

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actual contemporaries, both escaped the most brutal slavery along the eastern shores

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Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas