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- The separation of powers within a governmental system whereby some rest with the national government and some in the states.
- This territory was the focal point of the slavery debate in the 1850s with events such as the LeCompton Constitution, Sack of Lawerence and Pottawatomie Massacre.
- The site where John Brown's Raiders slaughtered and mutilated slave-holdingfamilies in retaliation for the Sack of Lawerence.
- The idea that slave holders were trying to spread slavery around the nation was known as the __________ __________ conspiracy.
- During their famous 1857 Senatorial Debates, ________________ claimed Abraham Lincoln believed in racial equality', a charge Lincoln denied.
- Run-away slave who was the foremost leader of the underground railroad.
- Southerners in America largely held a more traditional, strict interpretation of the Constitution.
- (1)___________ wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin which highlighted the evils of slavery; (2)__________ tried to counter by claiming Northern Industrialists were morally worse in Cannibals All!
- Idea that people should be more loyal to their specific regions rather than the union as a whole.
- According to the Mexican government, the border between the U.S. and Mexico was the (1)________ river; According to the U.S., it was the (2)__________ river.
- This document emerged from the Seneca Falls Women's Rights convention making the case that women should strive for equal rights in the eyes of the law.
- Belief that God wanted to America to thrive and expand in order to spread the blessings of democracy and liberty to all.
- Why is the Charles Sumner Affair and its aftermath important in discussions about this time period?
- Author of the early abolitionist paper Appeal in which he encouraged slaves toopenly rebel.
- Led an 1831 slave revolt that killed 60+ whites.
- One cause of the war between Mexico and the U.S. was a dispute over
- Which of the following was NOT a reason for the nickname "Bleeding Kansas"?
- Started the abolitionist magazine the Liberator in 1831.
- Nickname given to those who advocated for the South to secede from the Union as soon as possible.
- The United States and Mexico found themselves at odds with each other over all the following issues except,...