Flashcard Neb/Kansas Act, Texas Mexican War, Gold Rush Review

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Maintain the balance of power between slave and free states

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Compromise of 1850

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California admitted as a free state; introduction of Fugitive Slave Act; use of popular sovereignty in western territories

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Gave certain territories the right to vote on slavery

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Fugitive Slave Laws

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Federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the United States.

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Treason

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The crime of betraying one's country

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Abolitionist

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A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.

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Bleeding Kansas

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Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent events in the Kansas Territory between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces.

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What was Bleeding Kansas about?

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If Kansas would have slavery.

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The Kansas Nebraska Act said that _______________ got to decide if Kansas would have slavery.

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The People who lived in Kansas

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What is the name of the Law that brought Anti-slavery and pro-slavery people to Kansas?

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The Kansas Nebraska Act