Road To Civil War Vocabulary '24

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The act of officially ending or stopping something (specifically slavery in the 1700s and 1800s)

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Abolition

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A part of the Compromise of 1850 that made it law that any enslaved individual that is captured in the North must be returned to owners in the South.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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A federal law passed in 1854 that allowed residents of the Nebraska and Kansas territories to vote directly on whether or not to allow slavery in those territories (This is a famous example of popular sovereignty)

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Kansas- Nebraska Act

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A group of pro-slavery Missourians during the 1850s who crossed the border into Kansas to vote illegally on the issue of slavery and raid/intimidate the anti-slavery settlers

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Border Ruffian

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Rights and powers of state governments, with which the federal government cannot interfere, according the the US Constitution

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States’ Rights

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A compromise made by the federal government that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state at the same time. This maintained the balance of power between slave and free states in government.

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Compromise of 1820 (Missouri Compromise)

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A compromise that addressed the issue of slavery in the territories gained from the Mexican American War by allowing California to be admitted as a free state and created a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.

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Compromise of 1850

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The democratic ideal that the people are the source of the government’s power and should vote directly on issues.

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Popular Sovereignty

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To officially withdraw from an organization

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Secede

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Attempting to overthrow or damage the nation/government to which one belongs

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Treason