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1. THE TIME PERIOD BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR IS CALLED . ANSWER TO 1. ANTEBELLUM. # 2. THE BELIEF THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT’S INTERESTS SHOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S INTERESTS. ANSWER TO # 2. STATES’ RIGHTS. # 3.
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1 • THE TIME PERIOD BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR IS CALLED
ANSWER TO 1 • ANTEBELLUM
# 2 • THE BELIEF THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT’S INTERESTS SHOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S INTERESTS
ANSWER TO # 2 • STATES’ RIGHTS
# 3 • MAINE ENTERED TH UNION AS A FREE STATE AND MISSOURI ENTERED AS A SLAVE STATE AND KEPT THE BALANCE OF POWER EVEN
ANSWER TO # 3 • MISSOURI COMPROMISE
# 4 • GROUP OF LAWS THAT ALLOWED CALIFORNIA TO ENTER THE UNION AS FREE STATE; OUTLAWED SLAVE TRADE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND PASSED THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT RETURNING RUNAWAY SLAVES TO THEIR OWNERS
ANSWER # 4 • COMPROMISE OF 1850
# 5 TO VETO, CANCEL OR IGNORE A LAW
ANSWER # 5 • NULLIFY OR NULLIFICATION
# 6 • A SLAVE WHO SUED HIS MASTER FOR HIS FREEDOM BUT THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT SLAVES COULD NOT SUE BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT CITIZENS
ANSWER # 6 • DRED SCOTT CASE
# 7 • THE LAW THAT ALLOWED STATES TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES AND VOTE ON BEING EITHER A SLAVE STATE OR A FREE STATE
ANSWER # 7 • KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
THE ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO THE PRESIDENCY WAS THE FINAL EVENT THAT LED SOUTHERN STATES TO SECESSION (LEAVING THE UNION AND FORMING THEIR OWN COUNTRY). • ALEXANDER STEPHENS (FROM GA) DID NOT WANT GEORGIA TO SECEDE