Lesson 23 Vocabulary Practice

Lesson 23 Vocabulary Practice

6th - 8th Grade

8 Qs

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Lesson 23 Vocabulary Practice

Lesson 23 Vocabulary Practice

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6th - 8th Grade

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1.

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1 min • 1 pt

the agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a state in which slavery was illegal. These agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the trade of enslaved people in Washington, D.C., and creating a stronger law targeting fugitives from slavery.

2.

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1 min • 1 pt

Dred Scott decision

a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

3.

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a person who flees or tries to escape (for example, from slavery)

4.

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a series of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, who were candidates in the Illinois race for U.S. senator, in which slavery was the main issue

5.

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1 min • 1 pt

Missouri Compromise

an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a state that allowed enslavement and Maine was admitted as a state that banned enslavement

6.

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an act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories

7.

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Union

the United States as one nation united under a single government. During the Civil War, “the Union” came to mean the government and armies of the North.

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1 min • 1 pt

Wilmot Proviso

a proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War