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2. add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation.
5. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
6. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.; the south
7. Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United states, grants equal protection and due process under the law
11. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
13. admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, 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.
15. political party of former national republicans. Focused on expanding the federal government, industrial and commercial development, and centralized economy.
16. fair treatment through the normal judicial system
18. Granted African American Men the right to vote

1. The north; non-seceded states in the US Civil war
3. admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time. It also outlawed slavery above the 36° 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory, allowed slavery below the line.
4. repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories (Kansas and Nebraska) allowed for states to decide slavery status on the basis of popular sovereignty. Led to bleeding Kansas.
8. legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned.
9. Government subject to the will of the people
10. the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure.
12. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
14. abolished slavery and banned the practice of slavery/ involuntary/ indentured servitude.
17. free from slavery.