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3. an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861
10. the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864
11. empowered slaveowners to seize runaway slaves, ordered state and federal authorities to help capture and return runaway slaves, and fined those who assisted runaway slaves
13. a town in west virginia
14. an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865

1. he principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people
2. an American author and abolitionist
4. territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
5. a conservative political party that existed in the United States during the middle 19th century
6. one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States
7. an American explorer, military officer, and politician
8. political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories.
9. established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act
12. one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party for president in the 1860 presidential election