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Topic 8a vocabulary

Topic 8a Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Missouri Compromise an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
Wilmot Proviso a law passed in 1846 that banned slavery in any territories won by the U.S. from Mexico
Free Soil Party the bipartisan anti-slavery party founded in the U.S. in 1846 to keep slavery out of the western territories
secede to withdraw from membership in a group
fugitive a runaway
civil war a war between people of the same country
Compromise of 1850 an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
Fugitive Slave Act a law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves
popular sovereignty government by consent of the governed
Kansas Nebraska Act an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
Dred Scott v. Sanford an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
Border Ruffians proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
lawsuit a legal case brought to settle a dispute between a person or group
arsenal a place where guns are stored
treason a betrayal of or action against one's own country
border state a slave state that remained in the Union during the civil war
martyr a person who dies for his or her beliefs
Republican Party a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
guerrilla warfare a type of fighting in which small military groups use surprise attacks and other tactics
martial law rule by the military instead of an elected government
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