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Social Studies
| Term | definitions |
|---|---|
| John Brown | started a slave revolt at Harper's Ferry |
| Dred Scott | slave who sued for his freedom |
| Secession | withdrawing or leaving a country |
| Sectionalism | loyal to your section of the country rather than the whole country |
| compromise | coming to an agreement |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe (showed the brutality of slavery) |
| Fugitive Slave Act | stated that runaway slaves could be recaptured and returned to their owners |
| Bleeding Kansas | proslavery settlers vs. antislavery settlers (violent fighting over the issue of slavery) |
| Total War | affected civilians and soldiers |
| Jefferson Davis | Confederate President |