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Civil War 4.1
Chapter 4, section 1-standard
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Secession | when a state withdraws from the union |
| popular sovereignty | at state's right to vote for or against slavery |
| underground railroad | a secret network of people who would help slaves escape from the south |
| harriet tubman | a slave who ran away to freedom and helped other slaves escape through the Underground Railroad |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | An author who wrote an anti-slavery book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
| Bleeding Kansas | When both supporters and opponents of slavery attempted to populate Kansas in order to win the vote on slavery in the territory. Terrible violence broke out. |
| Dred Scott Decision | A court decision that stated slaves were property |
| Stephen Douglas | Ran against Abraham Lincoln |
| Harpers Ferry | Where a white man named John Brown led a slave uprising |
| What happened when Abraham Lincoln was elected President? | the South seceded (left the union) |
| Confederacy | The name of the states that left the union |
| Jefferson Davis | The President of the Confederate States of America |