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also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. |
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territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska |
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Another name for the confederate states of the south and north. |
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was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. |
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was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. |
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A name given to confederate states of America or the confederacy. |
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American politician and lawyer from Illinois |
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political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government |
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was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. |
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The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the US government. |
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The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power. |
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were slave states that did not secede from the Union. |
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16th president in 1861 |
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short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854 |
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Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization |
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