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If Darby values a soccer ball at $50, and she pays $40 for it, her consumer surplus is $90.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The 1854 U.S. legislation that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing settlers in those territories to decide whether to allow slavery, leading to significant conflict and violence.
Missouri Compromise
A 1820 agreement admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining a balance between slave and free states in the United States.
Popular Sovereignty
The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives.
Franklin Pierce
The 14th President of the United States (1853-1857), known for his pro-Southern views and policies that exacerbated sectional tensions leading up to the Civil War.
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