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| The ____ feared that the _____ would take control of Congress. |
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| Southerners began to proclaim _____ _____ as a means of self protection. |
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| The ______ believed that the nation was a Union and could not be divided. |
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| The _________ War did not begin as a war to abolish slavery. Issues surrounding _____ deeply divided the nation. |
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| An important issues separating the country related to ______________. |
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| power of the federal government. |
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| ________ believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal. |
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| ______ believed that the national government's power was supreme over all the states. |
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| _________ felt that the abolition of slavery would destroy their region's economy. |
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| _______ believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons. |
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| The ________ compromise (1820) was Missouri was a _____ state and Maine was a _______ state. |
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Missouri Compromise
Missouri = slave
Maine = free |
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| The Compromise of ____ (year): California was a free state and Southwest territories would _____ about slavery. |
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The Compromise of 1850
Southwest territories would VOTE about slavery |
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| The ______ Act: People decided the slavery issue through _____. |
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| The Kansas-Nebraska Act...slavery issue decided through popular sovereinty |
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| Following ______ elections, the southern states ceded from the Union. |
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| Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in Southern California marking the _____ of the __________. |
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| beginning of the Civil War. |
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| __________ and many ______ believed the United States was a nation that could not be separated or divided. |
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| Lincoln and many Northernmers |
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| Most _______ believed that states had freely created and jointed the Union and could freely leave it. |
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