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chapter 8 vocab

social studies vocab

TermDefinition
Missouri Compromise an agreement proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave states and equal
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
Battle of Gettysburg an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a union victory and stopped the confederate invasion of the north
Fugitive Slave Act one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
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 decided on the issue of slavery
Guerilla Warfare a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and run tactics
Habeas Corpus the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
Secede to withdraw from membership in a group
treason a betrayal of or an action against one's country
siege to surround and block an enemy town or position with troops to force it to surrender
Gettysburg Address the speech made by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
Dred Scott vs. Sanford an 1857 Supreme Court ruling that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
Emancipation Proclamation an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
Draft a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
Arsenal a place where guns are stored
Inflation a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
Monitor an ironclad Union warship
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