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Trancedantilism

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Ideal of romanticism and philosophy

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Free Soilers

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Short lived political party

Antislavery

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Border states

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Delaware

Kentucky

Maryland

Missouri

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Sharecropping

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Form of agriculture of where I land owner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops

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Tenant farmer

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Someone who rents land

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Exodusters

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Given to African-Americans who migrated from state to state

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Which state leaves the union first

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South Carolina

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Result of Mexican America war

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Guadalupe Hildalgo Territory

Gives US texas and western territories

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Bleeding Kansas

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Before civil war

Voter fraud

Passed by non kansas residents who came to vote

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Grandfather clause

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Cant vote if granparents were slaves

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Carpet Baggers

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Person who went from north to south to profit from reconstruction

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Scalawag

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White southerner who went north for personal profit

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Aristocracy

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Higher social class

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Public land policy views

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Northeast - opposes

Northwest and south support

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Protective tariff

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Northeast supports
Northwest is mixed
South opposes

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Internal improvements at federal expense

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Northeast mixed
Northwest supports
South opposes

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Immigration

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Northeast mixed
Northwest support
South oppose

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Slavery extension

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Northeast and northwest opposes

South supports

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National bank

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Northeast support
Northwest oppose
South oppose

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Population

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Favors North

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Education and skill

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Favors North

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Overall economy

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Favors north

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Amount of capital

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Favors north

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Leadership

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Favors north with Abraham Lincoln

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Government
Favors north with Past government initially created
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Navy
Favors North
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Arsenals
Favors North
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Military leadership
Favors south
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Transportation
Favors north
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Overall type of war fought
Favors south because it was defensive for them
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Communication
Favors south
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Foreign allies
Favors south because of England
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Overall objective
Favors south because all they had to do was Tie
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13th amendment
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
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14th amendment
Address is civil rights and equal protection of the laws
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Copperhead
Faction of the Democratic Party form after the dad of stuff on Douglas
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Jackson D
1829 to 1837
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Van Buren
Democrat 1837 to 1841 Panic of 1837
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William Henry Harris
1841 Whig party First modern election with campaigning in every state
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Tyler
Whig and Democrat Annexes Texas of eve of presidential termination
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Polk
1845 to 1849 Swore to only one term Manifest destiny Treaty of 1848 49th parallel 5440 or fight War with Mexico
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Taylor
1849 to 1850 Democrat
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Fillmore
1850 1853 Comp of 1850
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Emancipation proclamation of ____
1863
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Slave laws
Ideal that you must return slaves to original owners This law cannot be enforced
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Slaves received help from
England
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Who supported the north
Britain and France
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The second great awakening
A protestant religious revival movement
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Webster- Ashburton treaty
Resolve issues surrounding the border issues between United States and British northern American colonies
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Nat Turners rebellion
Largest slave revolt in southern states
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The alamo
Proof that people were willing to die for their believes
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1824 corrupt bargain
Believe that the current speaker of the house convince Congress to elect Adams who then made clay his secretary of state
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3 ideals of reconstruction
Readmit slave states Free man Decision to help or punishing south
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Force acts
Combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African-Americans
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Compromise of 1850
Readmit California as a free state Popular soverignty of utah and new mexico Resolution of texas- new mexio boundaries Federal assumption of debts
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Whig Party
Party formed for members who did not like Andrew Jackson
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Stephen Douglas
American politician from Illinois who designed the Kansas Nebraska act
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Kansas Nebraska act
Repealed the Missouri compromise And allowed for popular sovereignty team in Kansas and Nebraska
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Era of good feelings
. In America National pride Unity as whole
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Civil rights bill
Declared that all people born in United States are now citizens without regard to race color or condition
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Dred Scott case
Missouri compromise is unconstitutional Have a good Americans cannot sue in federal court because they were not citizens of United States
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Know-nothing party
Strongly opposed immigrants and followers of the Catholic church
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Battle of antietam
Ended in draw b/c of severe death Scene as a win for the north
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John C Calhoun
US vice president For slave plantation system Oppossed mexican american war
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Daniel webster
Former United States senator Pointed secretary of state by President William Henry Harrison For foreign trade
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William Seward
Worked with international affairs during civil war Negotiated 1867 Alaskan purchase
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Black Codes
Passed by Southern states Restricted African-Americans new freedom Ensures their availability as a labor force
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Panic of 1837
Financial and economic problems for the US
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Webster- Ashburton treaty
Establishes borders with british colonies
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Polk is for
Lowering tariff Restoration
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Conscience whigs
Part of wig party but were opposed to slavery due to moral issues

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