A Dividing Nation

a person who flees or tries to escape

• fugitive

• furtive

• defendant

• convict

union

• the dividing of the United States into two separate governments

• the joining together of two regions of the country

• the United States as one nation united under a single government

• the addition to the United States of new states created from territories

abolitionist

• a person who doesn't own slaves

• a person who supports the ending of slavery

• a person who supports industry over agriculture

• a person who supports ending the United States union.

arsenal

• a place where fires are set

• a place where political prisoners are held

• a place built to defend an area from attack

• a place where weapons and ammunition are stored

a proposal made to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War

• Wilmot Proviso

• Tallmadge Amendment

• Ostend Manifesto

• Compromise of 1850

proposal that Missouri only be allowed to enter the U.S. as a free state

• Wilmot Proviso

• Tallmadge Amendment

• Ostend Manifesto

• Compromise of 1850

Sectionalism is...

• loyalty to one's political party over one's country

• loyalty to the interests of the nation as a whole rather than your own region

• loyalty to the interests of your own region or section of the country, rather than the nation as a whole

• the process of industrialization in which products are created one section at a time

Federalism is...

• a division of power between the three branches of government

• the belief that national laws are supreme and above state laws

• the belief that the national government should be stronger than state governments

• A division of power between a the central (national) government and state/local governments

secede

• to be successful at an activity

• to withdraw membership in an alliance or organization

• to prevent discussion on a topic in Congress

• to formally protest an action taken by Congress

The idea that the people of a state should choose for themselves whether they allow slavery or not.

• popular government

• popular scenery

• popular federalism

• popular sovereignty