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24 Cards in this Set
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Antebellum
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before the war
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Overseer
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a oerson hired to manage slaves on a day to day basis
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Driver
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one,usually an older slave who was loyal to the owner who could manage other slaves
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Disrcimination
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the denial of a person's rights because of prejudice
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Slave Code
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laws that took away nearly all the rights of slaves
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Abolitionists
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many northern whites and free blacks who worked to get rid of slavery
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Underground Railroad
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a chain of homes,farms,and churches where runaway slaves could rest and hide from slave catchers
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Slave States
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states that permitted slavery
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Free States
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states promitted slavery
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Missouri Compromise
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admitted maine into the Unoin as a free state and missouri as a slave state
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Sectionalism
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a concept in whitch people in an area believe their ideas and interests are important than those of people in other areas
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Compromise of 1850
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a bill that allowed California to enter the Unoin as a free state
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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act creating territoriesof Kansas and Nebraska
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Popular Sovereignty
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the right of people to decide an issue
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Free Soilder
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a group who were against slavery and wanted land to be given to western settlers for farming
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Arsenal
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an arms storehouse
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Class Structer
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the position one group has in relation to others
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Yeoman Farmer
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farmers who owned less than 500 acers of land
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Know Nothing Party
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political party against citizenship for immigrants or political office for anyone not born in the United States
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Republican Party
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a new political party created in 1854 as a result of the issue of slavery
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Platform
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a statement of the principle and politicies a political party supports
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Secession
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the act of pulling out of the Union
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Ordinance
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a bill introduced into a legislative body
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Confederate States of America
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the name given to the new nation formed by seceding states
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