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Cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics.
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King Cotton
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Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War.
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antebellum
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Cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics.
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Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War.
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Period from 1848 to 1856 when thousands of people came to California in order to search for gold.
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Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.
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Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories.
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Enacted by Congress in 1793 and 1850, these laws provided for the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
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Movement to end slavery.
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Political party of the 1850s that was anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant.
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A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
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Originally drawn by surveyors to resolve the boundaries between Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Virginia in the 1760s, it came to symbolize the North-South divide over slavery.
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United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879).
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Law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.
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To preserve, honor, or celebrate the memory of.
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Pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have.
