States Rights and Slavery in Civil War

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States' Rights

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that states should make their own laws

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Slavery

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where people are owned by others

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Civil War

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between Northern and Southern states in the U.S.

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Abolitionists

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who wanted to end slavery

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Secession

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states leaving the Union

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Union

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states during the Civil War

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Confederacy

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states during the Civil War

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Compromise of 1850

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to ease tensions over slavery

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Missouri Compromise

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to keep balance between free and slave states

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Emancipation Proclamation

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to free slaves in Confederate states