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Pre-Civil War Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Popular Sovereignty | Allowing people to decide issues for themselves |
Compromise | Agreement designed to relieve tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories |
Martyr | Person who dies for a cause |
Sectionalism | An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country |
Secession | To withdraw formally from membership in a group or organization |
Border Ruffians | People that "ruffled" up African Americans as they came into Kansas because they wanted it to be a slave state |
Abolitionist | People who were against slavery |
Manifest Destiny | Argument that it was the God's plan for the United States to expand across North America |