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| Two represent each state, they sit for six years and a third come up for re-election every two years. |
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| Number of representatives based on states population, elected on masse every two years. |
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| Created a new form of abolitionist movement, demanded immediate abolition |
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| The National Anti-Slavery Society |
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| Militant, had 250,000 members by 1838, |
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| Congress introduced it to prevent abolitionist petitions being heard |
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| Escaped slave, leading abolitionist, inspirational speaker, close friend of John Brown, but refused to join his raid, and fled to Britain. |
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| Incited a slave rebellion in 1831 that killed 55 whites, made southerners hate abolitionists |
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| Abolitionist literature was ________ from southern states |
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| In 1860, there were _______________ slaves in the South |
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| One in ___ families owned slaves in the south |
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| By 1860 there were _____ free blacks |
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| 450,000, 250,000 in the south, 200,000 in the north |
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| Cause of Missouri Compromise |
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| There were 11 free states and 11 slave, Missouri would upset the balance |
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| The Missouri compromise stated that: |
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| Maine was also created as a free state to balance out Missouri, and no slavery could exist above 36/30, known as the Missouri compromise line |
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| Texas won independence from Mexico in: |
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| The leader of the texan-american army was: |
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| James Polk was made president in: |
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| America's god given right to own all North America |
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| The Mexican-American war began in _______ and was caused by: |
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| 1846, Polk sending troops north of the Rio Grande river, where they were attacked and killed by mexican troops |
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| USA advantages in the war were: |
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| Better Industrial Base, Better Junior Officers, Enthusiastic Volunteers, Naval Supremacy |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: |
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| 1848, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona and parts of Colorado and wyoming go to US, US pay Mexico $15 million. |
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| Slavery excluded from mexican territories, passed HoR, not Senate |
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| A series of resolutions issued by Calhoun that stated citizens should be able to take their property into every territory |
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| late 1820s, Calhoun and SC declared that a state had the right to nullify federal laws deemed unconstitutional. When SC did this to two tariff laws, Jackson threatened force. Ended because SC had no support from other states. |
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| Thought up by Lewis Cass and Stephen Douglas, the idea that the people in the territories voted on becoming a slave state or not |
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| Won by Zachary Taylor, a mexican war hero |
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| California and New Mexico |
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| Taylor wanted both to be admitted as free states, this horrified the south |
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| New Mexico had a border dispute with: |
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| Made by Henry Clay, California admitted as a free state, Utah and New Mexico territories, no mention of slavery, slave trading ended in washington, a more stringent Fugitive Slave Act passed, and New Mexico gets the land, Texas gets $10 million |
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| Did not support the compromise, but died before it was voted on. His successor, Fillmore, threw his weight behind it. It didnt pass, but Senator Douglass passed each part separately afterwards. |
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| Federal Marshals can raise posse's on Northern Soil, and targeted people who had escaped years ago |
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| Pierce gave James Gadsden the authority to buy 250,000 square miles of mexican territory, he eventually purchased 54,000, it only passed the Senate after 9000 square miles were passed |
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| In 1851, there was an american-sponsored filibuster expedition to overthrow the government |
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| Stated that america would be justified in taking Cuba from spain, was leaked and denounced by the North |
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| Nebraska Act - Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 |
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| Originally intended to have Nebraska admitted as a single state, after the South Rejected it, it split Nebraska into KN, and also repealed the ban on slavery there |
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| Know Nothings grew big in: |
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| Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers ended up fighting, |
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| 1856, pro-slavery posse burnt down a few buildings |
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| Preston Brooks beat Sumner with a cane until it broke, because Sumner attacked his uncle in a speech |
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| 1857, Could Scott sue in courts, was he free as a result of living in Illinois, was he free as a result of living in Wisconsin? No to all |
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| 1857, North wanted tariffs, south and Buchanan refused to pass them and actively blocked them, enhanced sectional divide |
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| In Kansas, there was two govt. Topeka = free, Lecompton = slave. When Lecompton drew up an election, free staters refused to vote, thinking it would be rigged. When they did vote, the slavers rigged it. Governer Walker overccame enough false votes to give free staters a majority. |
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| Although there was a free state majority, the legislature for the constitution was already pro slavery. It offered a vote of slavery, or no future slavery, but those already in were secure. Walker told Buchanan it was a fraud, but Buchanan didnt beleive him, so he retired, Buchanan said it was fair, douglas attacked him for it, split the Democrats in two |
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| Douglas Vs. Lincoln, Douglas got less votes but still won |
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| 1859, on Harpers Ferry Aresnal, In an attempt to spark a slave revolt |
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| Lincoln, caused civil war |
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