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US His - U1 - 2019
vocabulary words
Term | Definition |
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Secession | Southern States break away from the US |
Abolitionist | Person that want to end slavery right away |
Popular Sovereignty | People of a territory will determine if they want slavery to spread |
Fugitive Slave Act | Required US Citizens to help recapture runaway slaves |
Missouri Compromise | Allowed slavery to spread south |
13th Amendment | All former slaves are free forever |
14th Amendment | All former slaves are US Citizens |
15th Amendment | All former slaves can vote |
Dred Scott | He sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court |
Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the US |
John Brown | He wanted to start a slave rebellion in the South |
Harriet Tubman | Helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad |
Frederick Douglass | Runaway slave that wrote a book about his life as a slave |
Election of 1860 | Caused Southern States to break away from the US |