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6. of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
9. person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.

1. of 1850/ consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion.
2. platform/ was a statement executed by a Georgia Convention in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 10, 1850, in response to the Compromise of 1850.
3. / A tariff is a tax put on goods imported from other countries.
4. Rights/ the rights or powers retained by the regional governments of a federal union under the provisions of a federal constitution.
5. Lincoln/an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
7. / the state of being a slave.
8. State/ any of the southern states of the US in which slavery was legal before the Civil War.
10. formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.