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- 2. This political party was created in 1854 to end slavery and support American businesses.
- 5. During the 1800s, many elected leaders in this part of government tried to keep a balance between slave and free states.
- 8. This was the state where political violence occurred over slavery. Activists from both sides tried to settle the territory to "swing" the vote.
- 9. Many former Whigs joined this political party before the Civil War.
- 10. This compromise in 1820 helped create the state of Maine and helped maintain the balance between slave and free states.
- 11. This political party was created to gather together all of President Jackson's opponents
- 12. This political party was created by President Jackson.
- 13. The ________Slave Act required anyone living in "free" states to help stop enslaved people from escaping.
- 14. The Kansas-_______ Act let these two territories vote on slavery.
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- 1. This term means "people power." It is when the people can vote on things.
- 3. Violence over slavery in Kansas was called ________ Kansas in the newspapers and history books.
- 4. Western __________ helped cause the Civil War as people tried to figure out if slavery could spread to new places.
- 5. This state was admitted as a free state after a compromise 1850.
- 6. This caused the Civil War. It also caused the Whig Party to break up.
- 7. This is the name of the social reform movement that tried to end slavery in the USA.