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Atebellum Vocab
Question | Answer |
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A state that permitted slaves | Slave State |
A state that didn't allow slavery | Free State |
The fact the states rights and responsibilites are more important than the government | States' Rights |
A comprimise in 1820 that said Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state and Maine would enter as a free state. It also said that slavery would not be allowed south of a certain line. | Missouri Comprimise |
A network of houses and areas that helped slaves travel from the southern states to northern free states | Underground Railroad |
Laws that added California to the Union as a free state and that gave part of Texas to New Mexico. Slavery was also band in the District of Columbia and New Mexico and Utah were able to decide if the wanted to be a slave state or free state. | compromise of 1850 |
A way of voting that helps pass a law. (In this case the law was slavery) | Popular Sovereignty |
Violent acts against the government. | Insurrection |
Betraying your country. | Treason |
Someone who dies for something they believe in. | Martyr |
Withdraw from a group or alliance | Secede |
States that withdrew from the Union | Confederate States of America |
A declared political statement | Platform |
Medium views on politics | Moderate |
Laws enforced | Mandate |
Agricultural based culture | Agrarian |