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5.5 History Vocab
History Vocab
Term | Definition |
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States' Rights | The idea that states have the rights to limit the power of the Ferderal Government. |
Resistance | An effort to stop something |
Secede | To withdraw from something, such as a nation |
Abolitionist | A person who wanted to end slavery |
Nullification | The idea that each state had the right to nullify, or reject national laws |
Sectionalism | Loyalty to ones section or region instead of the country as a whole |
Tariff | A tax on an imported good |
Viligantes | A person who punished those who they thought were guilty |