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Details Title: Coming of the War 1 Description: 1820-1860 (8th Grade) √ Total Flash Cards: 19 Created: 01/10/2005 17:38:41	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term antebellum Definition the period in the South before the civil war Term planter Definition an antebellum landholder who owned 20 or more field slaves Term yeoman farmer Definition a white middle-class farmer who generally owned fewer than 100 acres Term sectionalism Definition putting the interests of a particular section or region above those of the nation Term tariff Definition a tax or duty imposed on goods imported from other countries Term states' rights Definition belief that American states have certain rights under the 10th amendment to the us constitution that the national government cannot violate Term nullification Definition declaring that a law is without force and is not binding Term secession Definition the action of Southern states, 1in 1860 and 1861, of withdrawing from the union Term emancipation Definition to set free, especially with respect to slaves Term missouri compromise Definition it stated that maine would be admitted as a free state and missouri would be admitted as a slave state; in the future, slavery would be prohibited north of latitude 36 30 Term compromise of 1850 Definition California comes in as a free state; south wants northerners to return slaves to them; popular sovereignty; slave trade ended in Washington DC Term popular sovereignty Definition the idea that government must be based on the will of the people Term fugitive slave law Definition all slaves found in the north must be returned to their correct slave owners in the south; law didn't work Term bleeding Kansas Definition territories of Nebraska and Kansas created in 1854; voters of each territory would decide if slavery was permitted Term abolitionist Definition a person opposed to slavery Term liberia Definition Free black slaves were sent here. They formed an independent nation in 1847 Term underground railroad Definition a network of people and places that sheltered slaves as they escaped the south seeking freedom in the north Term north star Definition underground railroad conductors knew that they were going the right way by following the direction of the north star; abolitionist newspaper edited by frederick douglass (ex-slave who became famous speaker) Term dred scott decision Definition see notes (won't fit)