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- 3. This court case ruled that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person to his freedom.
- 6. 16th president of the United States. His victory in the election caused southern states to secede.
- 10. A network of people offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South.
- 11. the North and South would argue over how much ___ the states should have
- 12. the idea that the United States is destined to expand its dominion across the entire North American continent
- 14. the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines.
- 15. a conflict that began with a dispute over the annexation of Texas by the U.S. in 1845.
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- 1. Being forced to work against your own will
- 2. an act that required slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
- 4. The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860.
- 5. of 1860 A major election that took place in 1860. Abraham Lincoln won, and that divided the North and South completely.
- 7. this happened because of a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.
- 8. An enslaved black man who led a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia in August 1831.
- 9. the movement to end slavery.
- 13. loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.