Chapter 6 Vocab Flashcard

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Freeing someone, often from slavery

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Emancipation

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Someone running from authorities

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Fugitive

Front

A state where slavery is illegal.

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Free State

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A state where slavery was legal

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Slave State

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Cultural division based on geography

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Sectionalism

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Opinion or judgment formed unfairly or without all facts

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Prejudice

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Process of moving into an area from another country

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Immigration

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Withdraw from a group or organization; refers to Southern states' secession from the U.S. during the Civil War.

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Secede

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A war between citizens of the same country.

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civil war

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Closing off an area to prevent entry or exit, often with ships.

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Blockade