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Social Studeis 6th
Chapter 2 (Sept 21)
Question | Answer |
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abolish | to end |
slavery | The practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay. |
sectionalism | Regional loyalty |
tariff | A high tax on imports. |
states' rights | The idea that the states not the federal government, should have the final say in their own affairs. |
territory | Land that belongs to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in the national government. |
free state | A state that did not allow allies. |
slave state | A state that allowed slavery. |
compromise | An agreement in which each side gives up something that it wants. |
code | A set of laws. |
abolitionist | A person who wanted to end slavery. |
Underground Railroad | A system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to freedom. |
secede | To leave. |
Confederacy | Southern states that formed their won national government during the Civil War period. |
border state | A state located between the North and the South that permitted slavery but had not seceded. |
civil war | A war between people who live in the same country. |