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10 Cards in this Set
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Free state |
A state in which slavery was not allowed. |
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Slave state |
A state in which slavery was allowed. |
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Sectionalism |
Loyalty to one region of a country instead of to the whole country. |
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Fugitive |
A person who runs away or escapes. |
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Abolitionist |
A person who wanted to end slavery. |
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Underground Railroad |
A network of secret escape routes enslaved African Americans followed to reach freedom in the North. |
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Popular sovereignty |
A system that allowed people in a territory to make their own decisions. |
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Extremist |
A person whose opinions are very different from those of most people. |
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Secede |
To break away from; as a state leaving the Union. |
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Civil war |
A war between regions or groups of people in the same country. |
