Sectionalism

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Regions of the US argued over the institution of slavery

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Sectionalism

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This economy was based on textile mills, factories, and immigrant labor (especially in large cities).

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Northern Economy

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This economy was based on slave labor in a plantation system. The cash crop produced was primarily cotton.

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Southern Economy

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This economy focused on mining precious metals and agriculture (farming and ranching with livestock).

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Western Economy

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Agreement that settled most conflicts between the free states and the slave states. This allowed California to become a state while a strict fugitive slave law was passed.

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Compromise of 1850

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Law where escaped slaves and free blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters and returned to the southern states

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Fugitive Slave Act

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This divided the Louisiana Purchase into two territories and allowed popular sovereignty to decide on slavery.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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A political party formed in 1854 that united against the spread of slavery in the West

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Republican Party

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The idea that called for the voters in a new territory to decide whether to allow slavery

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Popular sovereignty

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A union formed by southern states

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Confederate States of America