Civil War

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  1. 1. Ferry 1859/Abolitionists JOHN BROWN led an attack on the US weapons arsenal at Harper Ferry, Virgina to spark a slave revolt
  2. 4. Right/ The Constitution, with federalism, split power between the national and the state governments
  3. 7. 1860/When Lincoln was elected, seven states left, the United States
  4. 8. Party 1854-1856/A party formed after the Kansas-Nebraska act that stood against slavery and for the "free, white working man"
  5. 10. loyalty to one's own region is stronger than loyalty to one's country
  6. 13. Truth/She was an former slave who became an abolitionist, speaking and writing against slavery
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  1. 2. wanted to end the practice of slavery because they believed it was morally wrong
  2. 3. Tubman/She was an escaped slave who dedicated her life to ending slavery
  3. 4. practice of forcing another person to work without pay
  4. 5. Nebraska Act -- 1854/This law replaced the compromise of 1850 with popular sovereignty, in which citizens would vote to decide on slavery
  5. 6. of 1850/After defeating Mexico in 1848, another compromise was made on slavery
  6. 9. Douglass/He was an escaped slave who became an abolitionist, speaking and writing against slavery
  7. 11. Lincoln/He was a lawyer from Illinois, who was elected president in 1860 and led the nation through the Civil War
  8. 12. Compromise/Missouri became a slave state and Maine became as a free state
  9. 14. Davis/A plantation owner from Mississippi, he was elected President of the Confederacy, and led the south during the Civil War