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history vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Popular Sovereignty | The idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting whether to allow slavery |
| Secession | Withdrawal from the Union |
| Perceptions | comprehension or understanding influeced by observation, interpretion , and attidute |
| Trancontinental Railroad | a railway system extending across the continent |
| correspondence | a close resemblance or connection |
| referendum | The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the leislature |
| Formulate | To prepare or devise according to a systematized statement or formula Insurrection: An act of rebellion against the established government |
| imposed | To establish authority by force |
| Martial Law | The law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency |