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- 2. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
- 4. a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860
- 7. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K. Polk
- 9. indicating the economic and political importance of cotton production.
- 10. a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North.
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- 1. one candidate speaking for 60 minutes, then the other candidate would speak for 90 minutes and then the first candidate would have a 30-minute repute.
- 3. the acts called for the admission of California as a "free state"
- 5. This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time
- 6. the political rights and powers granted to the states of the United States by the U.S. Constitution.
- 8. Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won the presidential election of 1860 in a four-way contest.