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Chapter 12 US Hist
Access American History Ch 12 Seven Years to Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bitterly | with anger and disappointment |
| Fugitive Slave Act | an 1850 law that made people return runaway slaves to their owners |
| harsh | cruel and severe |
| testify | tell under oath what happened; tell or show proof |
| abolitionist | a person who worked to end slavery |
| colored | an outdated term used to describe a black person |
| illegal | not allowed by law |
| territories | parts of the United States that are not states |
| democratic | like a democracy, where people get to vote on important things |
| outraged | made angry by something wrong |
| expand | grow, take up more space |
| hotbed | a place where anything grows and develops quickly |
| antislavery | against slavery |
| fanatic | someone whose support for a belief is taken to an extreme |
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