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Antibellum Vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Slave State | A state that allows slaves |
| Free State | A state that doesn't allow slaves |
| State's Rights | A belief that the rights of the states come first |
| Missouri Compromise | Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state |
| Underground Railroad | A network of places for slaves to escape from the South |
| Compromise of 1850 | Californina was admitted to the Union, slavery was banned in DC, and New Mexico and Utah became slave states |
| Popular Sovereignty | Voting for something |
| Insurrection | Armed rebellion |
| Treason | Trying to overthrow the government |
| Martyr | Someone who dies for a cause |
| Secede | To leave |
| Confederate States of America | The states that seceded form the Union to form their own government |
| Platform | A person's policies and principles |
| Moderate | Not an extremist |
| Mandate | An official law |
| Agrarian | Pro-farming; agriculturally based |