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vocab #21-31
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cotton gin | a machine that removes seeds from the cotton |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin in 1793 |
| Confederate States of America | the group of 11 states that seceded from the Union (the United States) |
| Unionists | people (esp. in the south) who remained loyal to the North |
| Dred Scott Case | (Scott v. Sandford) court case where Dred Scott was a slave who went before the Supreme Court to try and gain his freedom, but the court ruled that he did not have any rights that whites would accept. THE OUTCOME WAS THAT THE U.S. CONGRESS COULD NOT OUTLA |
| Blockade Runners | ships/people who would slip through the blockade late at night in order to get goods/supplies to the troops |
| Richmond Virginia | the capital of the Confederacy |
| Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 | this act gave the people of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide if their state would have slavery or not; the Missouri Compromise of 1820 had stated that the area would be free |
| Amendment | a change or addition to the Constitution |
| abolitionist | a person who wanted to end slavery |