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SS Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Missouri Compromise | settlement dispute between slave states and free states |
| abolition | the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution |
| Wilmot Proviso | issued August 8, 1846 by Davis Wilmot. prohibited expansion of slavery |
| California gold rush | 1848=55; gold was found by James W. Marshall |
| compromise of 1850 | set of laws passed that attempted to give something to the slavery advocates and opposers |
| underground railroad | a series of secret safe houses to help slaves escape |
| Dredd Scott v. Sanford | ruled that African Americans could not sue |
| Harpers Ferry | effort by John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th president of US; union advocate |
| Milledgeville | city in central GA; state capital 1807=68 |
| Jefferson Davis | confederate advocate |