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Antebellum Vocabular
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Slave State | State that permits slavery |
| Free State | State that does not permit slavery |
| States' Rights | The rights and responsibilities of the state are the same as the federal government. |
| Missouri Compromise | Comprimse that allowed Missouri to become a free state |
| Underground Railroad | Pathway to transport slaves to the North |
| Compromise of 1850 | California becomes a free state |
| Popular Sovereignty | The people living in the area decide what happens upon a certain issue |
| Insurrection | Armed Rebellion |
| Treason | To betray someone of a group |
| Martyr | Dies in what they believe in |
| Secede | Withdraw from the union |
| Confederate States of America | The southern states |
| Platform | Statement that political groups support |
| Moderate | Not an extremist |
| Mandate | A person enforeces certain policies |
| Agrarian | Bases with agriculture |