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Antibellum Vocab
Definition | Term |
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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 |