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Chapter 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| secede | to break away from |
| border state | state located between the Union and the Confederacy |
| Compromise of 1850 | plan in which California entered the United States as a free state and Fugitive Slave Law was passed |
| Union | states that remained loyal to the United States government |
| free state | state in which slavery was not allowed |
| Fugitive Slave Law | law which stated that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if they had reached Northern states |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | law allowing the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they would allow slavery in their territory |
| Underground Railroad | organized, secret system set up to help enslaved people escape from the South to freedom in the North |
| sectionalism | loyalty to a section or part of the country rather than to the whole country |
| slave codes | laws to control the behavior of slaves |
| Confederacy | government formed by the seven seceding states, also known as the Confederate States of America |
| slave state | state in which slavery was legally allowed |