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Road to Civil War Vocabulary

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sectionalismpeople are more loyal to their state or region than to their country
popular sovereigntypeople should have the right to rule themselves
secedeto withdraw from a union
Compromise of 1850agreement made which allowed California to become a free state, permitted popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah, banned slave trade in Washington, D.C., and passed a strict fugitive slave law
Fugitive Slave Actpunished people who helped runaway slaves
Kansas-Nebraska Actlaw passed in 1854 which allowed the people of two territories vote to have slavery or not
Republicanspolitical party created in 1854 made up of anti-Nebraska groups
armorystorehouse for weapons

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