Sectionalism Flashcards

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Nullification

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Stated that each state had the right to not obey federal laws (not true)

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Dred Scott v. Sanford

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Scott sued for his freedom however lost the case because African Americans were not considered citizens

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Compromise of 1850

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Added California as a free state and created the Fugitive Slave Act

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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Allowed escaped slaves to be hunted down and returned to slavery

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Allowed people within a state to vote on whether to have slavery or not

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Bleeding Kansas

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Violence erupted between the pro slavery and anti slavery supporters.