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| this man was the senator from Illinois and ran against Linclon in 1860; known as the little giant | Stephan A. Douglas |
| describes the extreme fighting that took place between proslavery and antislavery groups | "Bleeding Kansas" |
| allowed people to decide if the new territories would be free or slave | popular soverengi |
| captured a US arsenal of weapons in attempt to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom; also murdered proslavery neighbors in Kansas | John Brown |
| elected president in 1860; very popular in the North, and despised in the South | Abraham Lincoln |
| created when the South seceded or left the Union | Confederate States of America |
| the great compromiser; known for the Compromise of 1850 and the Missouri Compromise | Henry Clay |
| a bill that proposed to outlaw slavery in any territory won by the US in the war against Mexico | Wilmot Proviso |
| the South did this when they withdrew from the Union | secede |
| law that helped | Fugitive Slave Act |
| prevented a former slave from obtaining land left to him by his owner | Dred Scott v. Sanford |
| a law that divided a large territory into two states; allowed people to choose if these new areas in the North would be slave or free | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| a group that wanted to top the expansion of slavery; slogan was "Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men" | Free Soil Party |
| each political party has this; it is their statement of beliefs | platform |
| a book that told the struggles of slaves; the South believed it was an unfair assessment | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| allowed California to be a free state; created strong slave laws and popular soveri | Compromise of 1850 |
