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Antebellum Period
set 9 (25-26)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abolitionists | people who wanted to end slavery |
| antebellum | pre-Civil War period in U.S. history |
| states' rights | belief that a state's sovereignty (power) is more important than that of the national government |
| Dred Scott case | Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States |
| Compromise of 1850 | compromise between the North & South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act |
| nullification | the act of legally canceling, voiding or making invalid |
| secession | the act of separating from a nation or state & becoming independent |