Unit 3: Compromise and Conflict Vocabulary

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Antebellum

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Latin term for 'before the war'

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Textile

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Relating to fabric or weaving

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Abolitionist

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Person who favors the formal ending of slavery

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Emancipate

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To set free

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Sectionalism

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An intense focus on local or regional issues; the restriction of interests from a national to a regional sphere

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Secede

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To formally withdraw from membership in a political state

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Popular sovereignty

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An antebellum doctrine allowing the people living in a newly organized territory to decide by vote whether or not slavery would be permitted there

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Nullify

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To make legally null and void

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Tariff

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A tax to be paid on certain imports or exports

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Fugitive

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A person who flees or tries to escape