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In this event two states were added to the U.S. Maine (free) and Missouri (slave). This kept the balance of power in the Senate equal. (free & slave states).

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Missouri Compromise

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This West Point graduate became a heroic general of the Union Army. He accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse and later became the 18th president.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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This person was the first Republican president, gave the Gettysburg Address, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Abraham Lincoln

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This agency provided food, shelter, clothing, and education for freed slaves.

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Freedmen's Bureau

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This legislation proposed by Henry Clay would allow the Utah and New Mexico Territories to vote on the issue of slavery. Also, California was added as a free state.

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Compromise of 1850

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The goals of this strategy were to control the Mississippi River, blockade the Confederate coasts, and divide the Confederacy.

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Anaconda Plan

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What was Harriet Beecher Stowe's contribution to sectionalism?

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She wrote a novel that was banned in the South because it showed the cruelty of slavery.

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This angered abolitionists and led to the Underground RR. They were strict laws allowing owners to retrieve runaway property.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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This system allowed former slaves to borrow land, equipment, and seeds from landowners. Thousands became trapped in the cycle of debt.

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Sharecropping

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This person was involved in both Bleeding Kansas and Harpers Ferry. He was considered a martyr by many Northern abolitionists.

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John Brown