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TermDefinition
veto to pervent the passage of a law
judiciary the branch of the goverment that resolves legal
framers a person who draws up and produces somthing
manifest destiny the belief that the united states had the right and duty
cession the granting of land by one country to another
permmanent school fund a fund that provides money to public school
popular sovereignty allowing states to decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery
negotiate to reach an agreement through compromise
exiled to be forced to leave the country
cattle rustler a person who steals cattle and resales then for profit
land grant system a method of land distribution in which a person is issued a certificate for land
emigrate to leave one country or region and move to anthoer
manumission the freeing of slaves
noble a person of high rank or title
utopia an ideal community
assimilate to absorb a smaller culture or group into a larger one
states right the idea that states have the right to limit the power of the federal govermeant
secede to withdrawal from somthing such as a nation
abolitionists a person who wanted to end slavery
vigilante people who take the law into their own hands
sectionists loyalty to ones section or region
tariff a tax on imported goods
resistance an effort to stop something like slavery
john reagan an east texes politician who won the election to u.s. congress in 1857 and 1859
nullification states rights to reject national laws
arsenal storehouse for weapons
blockade the closing of a port by ships
unionists people loyal to the union during the war
regiment a military unit made up of smaller groupes
deaertion when someone leaves their assigned military post
supremacy supreme authority and power over others
reconstuction the federal goverments plan to restore the south was
amendment formal changes to a document
share cropper a farm worker who works someone elses land and pays for its use
restriction limits and controls put into law.
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