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Causes of Civil War
Causes of Civil War vocab
Term | Definition |
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abolitionist | someone against slavery/an antislavery activist |
popular sovereignty | authority carried out by the people/rule by the people |
civil war | a war between citizens in the same country |
tariff | a tax charged by government on imported goods |
sectionalism | loyalty to one part of the country |
Underground Railroad | a secret system that helped runaway slaves escape to the free states or Canada |
secession | the act of withdrawing membership from an organization or union/when part of a country leaves or breaks off from the rest of it |
fugitive | one who runs away from the law |
Confederacy | the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861 |
states’ rights | the idea that states, not the federal government should make the final decision about matters that affect them |