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History vocabulary 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods. |
| Section | Between the North and South. |
| Missouri Compromise | prohibited slavery in the louisiana area. |
| Compromise of 1850 | Reduced sectional conflict. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Any runaway slaves were to be sent back to their masters. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 | Created the areas of Kansas and Nebraska. |
| Popular sovereignty | When the state decides whether or not to have slaves. |
| Nullify | When the state rejects a law. |
| Turner's Rebellion | A slave rebellion that took place in southampton county. VA |
| Abolitionist Movement | A movement to end slavery. |
| Seneca Falls Decleration | The Declaration for women's rights |
| Suffrage | Women's right to vote. |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | Court decided that Scott was a free man. |
| Fort Sumter | Where the first shot of the Civil war was shot. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | To abolish slavery. |
| Gettysburg Address | Abraham Lincoln's best american history speeches. |
| Reconstruction | Period after the Civil War |
| Radical Republicans | People opposed by Abraham Lincoln before the civil war and after the reconstruction. |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished Slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. |
| 15th Amendment | Gave the right to vote to any race. |
| Compromise 1877 | An informal unwritten deal that settled the dispute from the 1876 election. |
| Transcontinental Railroad | The railroad going across the continent. |
| Confederate States of America | The confederate States where started by North Carolina after the seceded from the union |