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Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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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. |