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Antebellum Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Slave State | State that allows slavery |
| Free State | State that didn't allow slavery |
| States' Rights | States thought that their ideas were more important than the government's |
| Missouri Compromise | A compromise in 1820 that allowed Missouri to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state |
| Underground Railroad | A route of houses and other places to help slaves escape to the north |
| Compromise of 1850 | Admitted California to the union as a free state, gave part of texas to New Mexico, Banned slavery in D.C., New Mexico and Utah were given the right for the people to vote to either be a slave state or free state |
| Popular Sovereignty | The right of the people to decide on an issue(voting) |
| Insurrection | Armed Rebellion |
| Treason | Violation of the allegiance to one's country or state |
| Martyr | A person that is willing to die for what they believe in |
| Secede | To withdraw from |
| Confederate States of America | The group of 11 states that seceded from the United States |
| Platform | a declared political statement |
| Moderate | Kept or keeping within reasonable limits |
| Mandate | An authoritative command or order (carried out like law) |
| Agrarian | It has a bases of agriculture |