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| cotton gin | a machine that removes the seeds from cotton fibers |
| slave code | a law that shaped the day-to-day lives of enslaved people |
| overseer | a person who was hired to watch slaves to see that they did their work |
| spiritual | a religious song based on the Bible |
| resist | to act against |
| Underground Railroad | a system of escape routes for enslaved people leading to free land |
| free state | a state that did not allow slavery |
| slave state | a state that allowed slavery |
| Confederacy | The Confederate States of America, a new country that was formed by the Southern states that seceeded from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860 |
| Thomas Jackson | He was given the nickname "Stonewall' after the Battle of Bull Run |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Dred Scott | Supreme Court ruled he was "property" and should not be given freedom |
| Henry Clay | He persuaded Congress to agree to the Missouri Compromise |
| Harriet Tubman | She helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad |
| Compromise of 1850 | this required people to return runaway slaves to the South |
| Eli Whitney | his invention, the cotton gin, increased the need for slaves |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | this led to fighting in Kansas over the slavery issue |
| South Carolina | The first state to seceed after Lincoln's election |
| Republican Party | fought against the SPREAD of slavery |
| Roger B. Taney | Supreme Court Justice |
