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Dividing Nation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A person who favored a complete end to slavery | abolitionist |
| The organization that arranged transportation and hiding places for fugitives, or escaped slaves | Underground Railroad |
| A settlement of differences by mutual concessions | compromise |
| A clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced | proviso |
| The idea that political power belongs to the people | popular sovereignty |
| The act of formally withdrawing from the Union | secede |
| a person who flees from prosecution or intolerable cirumstances | fugitive |
| A war between political factions or regions within the same country | civil war |
| To revoke or withdraw formally or officially | repeal |
| The use of hit and run tactics by small, mobile groups of irregular forces | guerrilla warefare |
| A case in a court of law involving a claim or complaint by one party against another | lawsuit |
| A place of storage containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service | arsenal |
| A person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion | martyr |
| A hard-shelled fruit, whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils | gourd |
| agreement, give-and-take, middle ground | compromise |
| condition,qualification, stipulation | proviso |
| disaffiliate, leave, seperate | secede |
| evader, fleeter, runaway | fugitive |
| cancellation, nullification, rescission | repeal |
| accusation, dispute, trial | lawsuit |
| stock, storehouse, warehouse | arsenal |
| offering, saint, scapegoat | martyr |
| pumpkin, squash | gourd |
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