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Unit 3 Vocabulary List

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Abolitionist   People that wanted the immediate end to slavery  
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Emancipation Proclamation   Law passed in 1863 that freed all slaves in US States still in rebellion.  
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Popular Sovereignty   Law that the people of a territory will determine if slavery will be allowed (Utah, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska)  
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Fugitive Slave Act   Law that required all US citizens to help recapture runaway slaves  
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Missouri Compromise   Law passed in 1820 that made Missouri a Slave State, Maine a free State, and drew a line at 36 30' to show where slavery can spread.  
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Kansas-Nebraska Act   Law that divided territory along the 40th parallel and let Popular Sovereignty determine slavery question.  
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Compromise of 1850   5 part deal that resolved issues regarding, California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, and Slavery.  
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13th Amendment   Former slaves are now officially free.  
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14th Amendment   Former slaves are now officially citizens of US.  
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15th Amendment   Former slaves can now vote.  
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Underground Railroad   Method used to help slaves escape the Southern States.  
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Uncle Tom's Cabin   Anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe published in 1852 that helped lay the groundwork for the eventual US Civil War.  
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Dred Scott   Slave that sued for his freedom. His case for freedom went to the US Supreme Court in 1857 but he lost the case.  
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Frederick Douglass   After escaping from slavery, he wrote a book about his life as a slave and became a leader of the abolitionist movement.  
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Harriet Tubman   Born into slavery, she escaped and worked on the Underground Railroad to rescue family and friends.  
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John Brown   Abolitionist that attacked an armory in Virginia hoping to start a slave rebellion. He was captured, tried, found guilty and executed by hanging.  
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Abraham Lincoln   16th President of US. Leader of Union during Civil War.  
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Confederate States of America (CSA)   Name for the Southern States that seceded from the US.  
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Emancipation Proclamation   Act by President Lincoln that freed slaves in all US States still in rebellion.  
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Election of 1860   Election won by the Republican Candidate Abraham Lincoln. His election resulted in several southern states leaving the union.  
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Secession (Secede)   To formally break away from  
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