Unit 4 Week 5

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What was the Underground Railroad?

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A secret network helping enslaved people escape.

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Who was Harriet Tubman?

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A conductor on the Underground Railroad

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What was the German Coast Uprising?

Back

A slave rebellion in Louisiana

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What was Nat Turner's Rebellion?

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A violent uprising against slavery in Virginia.

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What is sectionalism?

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Loyalty to a region over the nation

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What were sectional tensions?

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Disputes between North and South over slavery

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What does it mean to nullify a law?

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To cancel or reject a law

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What was the Nullification Crisis?

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A conflict over states nullifying federal laws.

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What is secession?

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When a state leaves the Union

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What was the Missouri Compromise?

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An agreement balancing free and slave states