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a movement West in search of jobs and land, caused debate of expansion of slavery
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Westward Expansion
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Missouri entered the U.S. as a slave state, Maine entered the U.S. as a free state, line drawn across 36°30´ latitude to predetermine if future states would be slave or free
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Missouri Compromise
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a movement West in search of jobs and land, caused debate of expansion of slavery
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Missouri entered the U.S. as a slave state, Maine entered the U.S. as a free state, line drawn across 36°30´ latitude to predetermine if future states would be slave or free
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a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws, caused by protective tariff that raised prices in the South
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a tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods
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South Carolina Senator and Vice President who was an advocate for states' rights and was a leader in the Nullification Crisis
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President of the United States who objected to the ideas of nullification and states' rights
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pamphlet written by John C. Calhoun who claimed it was a state's right to call a state convention to nullify an unconstitutional law
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belief that if a law is unconstitutional then a state may nullify it, idea threatened the unity of the United States
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South Carolina Party that wanted to nullify the tariffs
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Southerners who remained loyal to the union during the Civil War
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authorized President Jackson to use the Army and Navy to collect duties on the Tariff of 1828 from the Southern states
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War between the United States and Mexico that led to further westward expansion and debate about adding slave states
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(1) California admitted as free state, (2) New territories determine if they want slavery by popular sovereignty, (3) slave trade abolished in D.C., and (4) new Fugitive Slave Law
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law that provided for the return of escaped slaves with the help of the government
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author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
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an anti-slavery book that depicted slave owners as mean and cruel, led to further sectionalism
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created two new states and allowed people to determine issue of slavery based on popular sovereignty
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the conflict between the slave owners and anti-slavery citizens of Kansas that turned violent
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Supreme Court decision that declared slaves to be "property" with no rights, it also said that limitations on slavery in the United States were unconsitutional
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abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia
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election of first Republican President, Abe Lincoln, which caused South Carolina to secede
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a new political party that was based on the idea of free soil and the end of slavery
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idea that slavery should not be allowed to expand to the new territories in the United States
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passed following the election of Abe Lincoln, said that South Carolina was not protected by the federal government
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to leave
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states that remained in the Union during the Civil War, but still had slaves
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built to make transportation and trade easier and quicker, needed Southern support in order to be built
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1849 movement where people began to flock to California in order to find gold
