Civil War

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  1. 4. New Party that was formed in 1848 when neither presidential candidate would take a stand on slavery
  2. 8. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  3. 11. What did Uncle Tom's Cabin show about slavery
  4. 12. African Americans and Whites who opposed slavery set up to help runaways escape
  5. 13. African America that sued for his freedom in 1846
  6. 14. What name was given to the laws passes in Congress that contained the
  7. 16. Who did the American party nominate in the presidential election of 1856
  8. 19. Annexation of Texas
  9. 20. What did Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery
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  1. 1. Who did the Republican party nominate in the presidential election of 1856
  2. 2. The attitude that grew out the differences between the North and the South
  3. 3. a young senator from Illinois that finally resolved the crisis
  4. 5. The main topic of the seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas
  5. 6. Who did the Democratic party nominate in the presidential election of 1856
  6. 7. Proposal that specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War
  7. 9. who led an attack on Pottawatomie Creek to retaliate for the attack on Lawrence
  8. 10. Clays Proposal
  9. 15. main points of Clay's original plan
  10. 17. Proposes that neither Congress nor a territorial government had the authority to ban slavery
  11. 18. When did Congress pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  12. 21. Who said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"