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Civil War Causes

Events leading to the Civil War

TermDefinition
Interdependent Being dependent on one another for certain needs
Sectionalism Putting the interests of a particular section or region above those of the nation
Tariff A tax or duty imposed on goods imported from other countries
Sovereign Independent; subject to no higher authority or government
States’ rights Belief that American states have certain rights under the 10th Amendment
Nullification Declaring that a law is without force
Secession withdrawing from the Union
Territory A frontier area not yet organized into a state.
Emancipate To set free, especially with respect to slaves
Abolition The act of making slavery illegal
Abolitionist A person opposed to slavery
Missouri Compromise admitted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
Popular sovereignty Allowing the people to decide an issue by voting
Compromise of 1850 California admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act passed
Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed citizens of Kansas and Nebraska to determine for themselves if they will allow slavery.
Bleeding Kansas Nickname for Kansas as slave owners and abolitionists fought for control of it.
Dred Scott case Slaves are not citizens and cannot sue in court;
Georgia Platform Georgia will stay in the Union if the North enforces the Fugitive Slave Act.
slave codes laws that governed the ownership, treatment, and behavior of slaves.
Underground Railroad network of people and places that sheltered slaves as they escaped
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