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Set #8
Antebellum
| definition | term |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States | Dred Scott case |
| to legally cancel or invalidate | nullify |
| people who wanted to end slavery | abolitionists |
| compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act | Compromise of 1850 |
| pre-Civil War period in U.S. history | antebellum |
| belief that a states' sovereignty (power) is more important than that of the national government | States' Rights |
| to add | annex |
| supported and accepted the Compromise of 1850, but only if the North followed the Fugitive Slave Act | Georgia Platform |
| extreme loyalty given to a particular region in the belief that their ideas and interests must be protected from other regions | sectionalism |
| the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent | secession |