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Antebellum America
Term | Definition |
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Slave State | A state that allows and supports slavery |
Free State | a state that does not allow or support slavery |
States' Rights | the idea that if a state disagrees with national laws, It's ideas take dominance |
Missouri Compromise | When Missouri was taken as a slave state and Maine was taken as a free state |
Underground Railroad | a series of routes from the south to the north that slaves excaped on to become free |
Compromise of 1850 | california was a free state, slavery was given up in DC, and other states got to choose for themselves |
Popular Sovrienty | when citizens get to vote to decide on an issue |
insurrection | an act of rebellion against authority |
treason | trying to overthrow the government by force |
martyr | someone who dies trying to protect their beliefs |
confederate states of america | the 11 states that seceded from the union |
secede | to formally leave a group |
platform | the principles of a person or group |
moderate | someone who does not have extreme views in politics |
mandate | a command given by somenoe in authority |
agrarian | something that relates to agriculture |