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Civil War
Civil War Ch. 12 vocabulary
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5th Grade
05/04/2014

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popular sovereignty
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an idea that the people who live in a place make decisions for themselves
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fugitive
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a person who is running away
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secession
Definition
when a country leaves or breaks off from the rest
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confederacy
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a name chosen by the states that left the union at the time of the Civil War
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civil war
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a war between two groups or regions within a nation
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tariff
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is a tax on imported goods
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state's rights
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is an idea that states not the federal government should make the final decisions about matters that effect them
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sectionalism
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loyalty to one part of the country
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abolitionist
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someone who joined the movement to abolish, or to end slavery
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discrimination
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unfair treatment of a particular group
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free state
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state where slavery was not permitted
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slave state
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state where slavery was legal
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Union
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another name for the United States (The Northern States during the Civil War)
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