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Chapter 5
social studies study guide vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a tax on imported goods | tarriff |
| the idea that states, not the federal government, should make final decisions about matters that affect them | states rights |
| loyal to one part of the country | sectionalism |
| someone who joined a movement to abolish or stop slavery | abolitionist |
| the unfair treatment of particular groups | discrimination |
| a series of escape routes and hiding places to bring slaves out of the south | underground railroad |
| a state that permitted slavery | slave state |
| a state that does not permit slavery | free state |
| another name for the United States | Union |
| the right of people to make political decisions for themselves | popular sovereignity |
| a person who is running away | fugitive |
| when part of acountry breaks off or leaves the group | secession |
| the name chosen by the states that left the union at the time of the Civil War | confederacy |
| a war between two groups or regions within a nation | civil war |
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