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HM Chapt. 3 Voc.
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Someone who joined the movement to end or abolish slavery | abolitionist |
| Unfair treatment of a particular group | discrimination |
| A series of escape routes and hiding places to bring slaves to the north | Underground railroad |
| Territories that allowed slavery | slave state |
| Territories that did not permit slavery | free state |
| The right for people to make political decisions for themselves | popular sovereignty |
| Another name for the United States | Union |
| A person who is running away | fugitive |
| When part of a country breaks off from the rest | secession |
| The states that left the Union at the time of the Civil War | Confederate States of America (Confederacy) |
| The war between the North and the South | Civil War |
| A tax on imported goods | tariff |
| Loyalty to one part of the country | sectionalism |
| Idea that states, not the federal government should make decisions affecting them | states' rights |