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US His - Unit 3
Unit 3 Vocabulary List
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abolitionist | People that wanted the immediate end to slavery |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Law passed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed all slaves in US States still in rebellion. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Law that the people of a territory will determine if slavery will be allowed (Utah, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska) |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Law that required all US citizens to help recapture runaway slaves |
| Missouri Compromise | Law passed in 1820 that made Missouri a Slave State, Maine a free State, and drew a line at 36 30' to show where slavery can spread. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Law that divided territory along the 40th parallel and let Popular Sovereignty determine slavery question. |
| Compromise of 1850 | 5 part deal that resolved issues regarding, California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, and Slavery. |
| 13th Amendment | Former slaves are now officially free. |
| 14th Amendment | Former slaves are now officially citizens of US. |
| 15th Amendment | Former slaves can now vote. |
| Underground Railroad | Method used to help slaves escape the Southern States. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe published in 1852 that helped lay the groundwork for the eventual US Civil War. |
| Dred Scott | Slave that sued for his freedom. His case for freedom went to the US Supreme Court in 1857 but he lost the case. |
| Frederick Douglass | After escaping from slavery, he wrote a book about his life as a slave and became a leader of the abolitionist movement. |
| Harriet Tubman | Born into slavery, she escaped and worked on the Underground Railroad to rescue family and friends. |
| John Brown | Abolitionist that attacked an armory in Virginia hoping to start a slave rebellion. He was captured, tried, found guilty and executed by hanging. |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of US. Leader of Union during Civil War. |
| Confederate States of America (CSA) | Name for the Southern States that seceded from the US. |
| Election of 1860 | Election won by the Republican Candidate Abraham Lincoln. His election resulted in several southern states leaving the union. |
| Secession (Secede) | To formally break away from |
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