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Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abolitionist | A person who wanted to bring about the immediate end of slavery. |
| antislavery | Opposed to practice of slavery. |
| border ruffian | Missouri settlers who crossed into Kansas to influence the outcome of the slavery issue in Kansas. |
| bushwhacker | Missouri settlers who raided antislavery settlements in Kansas. |
| demographic | Relating to the study of the characteristics of human populations. |
| expansionist | The practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion. |
| free-stater | A settler who believed Kansas should not allow slavery. |
| indentured servant | A person who is bonded or contracted to work for a specific time. |
| jayhawker | A free-soil or unionist guerrilla in Kansas and Missouri during the border disputes. |
| martyr | One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce his or her beliefs. |
| popular sovereignty | The concept that political and legislative power resides with the citizens. |
| proslavery | Supportive of the practice of slavery. |
| repeal | To revoke. |
| siege | The surrounding and blockading of a city or a town by an army attempting to capture it. |
| servitude | A state of subjection to an owner or master. |
| speculator | Someone who invests financially in something with the possibility of great gains or losses. |
| transcontinental | Spanning or crossing a continent. |
| treason | Violation of allegiance towards ones country. |
| unconsecuental | Not in accord with the principles set forth in constitution of a nation or state. |