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President of the Confederate States of America. He was a member of the Democratic Party; he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before the Civil War.
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Act passed in 1854 that created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing states to determine whether slavery would be permitted in new regions.
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The first 'real' battle of the Civil War, it was expected by Union officials to be short but ended up a Confederate victory. This battle was also known as the First Battle of Manassas.
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Civil War battle in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties
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Law that required Northerners to return escaped slaves to the South. It is also a law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and those who helped them.
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Strategy for the Union army by General Winfield Scott which involved choking off the primary resources of the Confederate army (strangling it like an anaconda) Had three main goals: gain control of the Mississippi River (this would cut the Confederac
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A group of Northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
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The treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.
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Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other countries from Mexican- American War
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He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which led to the eventual freeing of slaves in the south.
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A person who wanted to eliminate or 'abolish' slavery.
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A slave who sued for his freedom since his owner once lived in a free state. The court decided he is not a citizen and, therefore, can not sue. He had to remain a slave.
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Another name for the Confederate States of America was made up of the 11 states seceded from the Union.
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