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12 Cards in this Set
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fugitive
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runaway or trying to run away
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abstain
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to not take part in some activity, such as voting
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border ruffians
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Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election during the mid-1850s
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sectionalism
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loyalty to a region
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Underground Railroad
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system that helped slaves follow a network of esccape routes out of the South to freedom in the North
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civil war
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conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
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secede
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to leave or wiithdraw
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states rights
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the belief that states rights supersede federal rights and laws
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secession
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withdrawl from the Union
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popular sovereignty
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the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there
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martyr
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a person who sacrifices his or her life for a cause
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arsenal
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storage place efor weapons and ammuntation
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