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SS Vocab Quiz
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| confederacy | The southern states that left the US to become a separate country (11 states) |
| Union | The northern states that stayed loyal to the US (24 states) |
| States' rights | The belief that the stats should make their own laws. |
| Nullification crisis | The right to cancel a tariff |
| Tariff | A tax on foreign goods |
| Missouri compromise | The US was divided equally between Slave states and free states (north and south) |
| Kansas-Nebraska act | Any new state could be a slave state if they wanted |
| Dred-scott Decision | Supreme court said that slaves count as property |
| Abolitionists | people of all races fighting against slavery |
| Border state | Slaves that are slave states but are still loyal to the US |
| Secede | The leave country and create a new one |