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| compromise | when opposing sides come to agreement by each giving something up that they want |
| territory | land under the rule of the U.S. government that is not a state |
| population | number of people living in a specific area |
| Congress | the government body made up of Senators and Representatives, that makes the laws in the US |
| Missouri Compromise | agreement to allow Missouri to join the US as a slave state because Maine was admitted as a free state. |
| abolish | formally put an end to something |
| abolitionist | person who works to end slavery |
| William Lloyd Garrison | abolitionist who published a newspaper called The Liberator |
| The Liberator | newspaper that described the cruelties of slavery |
| Frederick Douglass | former slave and abolitionist who wrote a book about his life |
| Underground Railway | network of people who helped runaway slaves escape to free states |
| Harriet Tubman | one of the most famous Underground Railway conductors |
| Mason-Dixon Line | border between Maryland and Pennsylvania |
