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peculiar institution |
the historical term used to identify slavery |
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manifest destiny |
An almost religious belief prior to the Mexican American War that the US should possess the N. American continent from east to west. |
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Fugitive Slave Law |
the most controversial portion of the compromise of 1850. It allowed southern slave holders to retrieve escaped slaves in the north. |
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Seneca Falls |
1st National meeting for womens suffrage held in 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton issued the "Declaration of Sentiments" calling for the equality of the sexes. |
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Henry Davis Thoreau |
A transcendent who wrote the essay "civil Disobedience" which outlines his protest to the Mexican American War. This essay lats influenced non-violent protests by Gandhi and M.L.King Jr. |
