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History vocab project

QuestionAnswer
tariff A tax put on an item
section A piece of land that is cut out or seperated
Missouri Compromise congress act that made Missouri the only northern slave state.
Compromise of 1850 A set of laws passed between people who favored and opposed slavery.
Fugitive Slave Act law that passed that gave slave owners weapons to capture their slaves that escaped to a free state.
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 act of congress that was against the Missouri Compromise
popular sovereignty Deals with the way politics favor the majority
Nullify to void something
Turner's Rebellion slave rebellion led by Nat Turner
Abolitionist Movement freeing all slaves and segregation
Seneca Falls Convention first women's rights convention in US history
Suffrage The right to vote
Dred Scott v. Sanford supreme court decision stating that Africans brought to the US as slaves were not US citizens and not protected by the Constitution
Fort Sumter The first shots of the civil war were fired at the Battle of Fort Sumter
secede To break apart from
Emancipation Proclamation Where Lincoln freed the slaves
Gettysburg adress Speech given by Lincoln during war about human equality
Reconstruction period of time after the civil war
Radical Republicans members of congress who advocated emancipation of slaves and wanted harsh penalties for the south during reconstruction
13th amendment outlawed slavery except as a punishment for a crime
14th amendment overruled dred scott decision
15th amendment prohibits the US from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race or color
compromise of 1877 Unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 US presidential election and ended Reconstruction in the south
Transcontinental Railroad Railroad that connected the east and west coast of the United States.
Confederate States of America government set up by the slave states from 1861-1865 the declared their secession from the United States.
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