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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | The idea that it was the United States' Destiny to expand west. |
| Ranchero | rancher, owner of a ranch |
| The Alamo | a fort in Texas that was the location of the Texas battle for independence |
| Santa Anna (Person) | A Mexican general who led the attack on the Alamo |
| Compromise | a settlement of a dispute by each side giving up some demands; a settlement of a disagreement reached by each side giving up some of what it wants in order to reach an agreement |
| Popular Sovereignty | the belief that government is subject to the will of the people |
| Arsenal | a place to store weapons and military equipment |
| Civil War | conflict between citizens of the same country |
| Martyr | a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause |
| Secede | to withdraw or break away from a nation or organization |
| Fugitive | person who is running away from legal authority |
| Border Ruffians | armed supporters of slavery who crossed the border form mssouri to vote in Kansas during the mid-1850s |
| James Buchanan | armed supporter of slavery who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas during the mid-1850s |
| Fremont | Union general during the Civil war, was a political leader in California |
| Stephen A. Douglas | US senetor who is famous for his debates with Lincoln |
| Robert E. Lee | Famous Southern general during the Civil War |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Southern states during the Civil war |
| Roger B. Taney | Supreme Court judge who ruled that slaves could not sue for their freedom |
| “Bleeding Kansas” | Moments of violence that took place after the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| Abolitionist | person who sought the end of slavery in the early and mid-1800s in the Unites States |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Law created to have African-American returned to the South if they were an excaped slave |
| Compromise of 1850 | Said that California would enter as a free state, New Mexico would enter as a slave stte and the fugitive slave act would be created |
| Underground Railroad | a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped |
| Harpers Ferry | Location of the armory that John Brown tried to raid |
| John Brown | a northern abolitionist who wanted to arm the southern slaves and lead a rebellion |
| Frederick Douglas | an excaped slave who would become a famous abolotionist |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | the author of Uncle Tom’s cabin |
| Charles Sumner | The senator who got beat by a cane on the senate floor |
| Border State | state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri |
| Tributary | stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river |
| Casualty | a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle |
| Enlist | to formally join a military force |
| Emancipation Proclamation | the decree issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863 |
| Bounty | reward or payment |
| Ironclad | a warship equipped with iron plating for protection |
| Fort Sumter | a fort in the south that was the start of the Civil war first the North after the south |
| Draft | a system of selecting people for required military service |
| Strategy | a plan of action |
| Reverse | to go in the opposite direction |
| Substitute | an alternate or replacement |
| Abandon | to give up; to leave behind |
| Encounter | to meet, come face-to-face with |
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