Slavery Vocab Flashcards
law passed in 1850 that said escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners even if they reached free states
Fugitive Slave Law
to break away from a group, as the Southern states broke away from the United States in 1861
secede
Confederate States of America formed by the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President
Confederacy
states that remained loyal to the United States government during the Civil War
Union
idea that states have the right to make decisions about issues that concern them
states’ rights
law passed in 1820 that divided the Louisiana Territory into a southern area that allowed slavery and a northern area that did not
Missouri Compromise
During the Civil War, a state between the Union and the Confederacy that allowed slavery but remained in the Union.
border state
loyalty to a part of the country rather than to the country itself
sectionalism
laws designed to control the behavior of enslaved people
slave codes
law passed in 1854 allowing the people of these two territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
war between people of the same country
civil war
state in which slavery was allowed before the Civil War
slave state
state in which slavery was NOT allowed
free state
organized system of secret routes used by people escaping slavery that led from the South to the North and Canada
Underground Railroad
laws under which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed
Compromise of 1850
