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| abolitionist | a person who was against slavery and wanted to bring it to an end |
| absolute location | a specific location based on latitude and longitude |
| Andrew Jackson | U.S. President who pushed for the Indian Removal Act |
| aquifer | an underground layer of rock that holds water |
| Bleeding Kansas | a series of violent confrontations between people over slavery in Kansas |
| compromise | an agreement to settle an argument in which each side gives up something to get something in return |
| Coronado | Spanish explorer searching for gold |
| Great American Desert | description of Kansas by explorer Stephen Long |
| Indian Removal Act | allowed the president to move Indian tribes in the East to lands west of the Mississippi, including Kansas |
| John Brown | a well-known abolitionist who was willing to use violence to end slavery |
| Kansas Statehood | January 29, 1861 |
| latitude | east - west lines that run parallel to the equator |
| Lewis and Clark | sent by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
| longitude | meridian lines that run north - south |
| Louisiana Purchase | the accquisition of land from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the United States |
| mission school | used to convert Indian children to Christianity and teach them vocational skills |
| Missouri River | the only natural border of Kansas |
| nomadic | having no permanent home but rather traveling with the seasons in search of food |
| Oregon Trail | trail used by settlers to reach the West Coast |
| physical features | a natural feature on the earth's surface like rivers, mountains |
| popular sovereignty | people living in new territories were given the right to vote and decide the issue of slavery |
| relative location | a location based on its relation to something or somewhere else |
| Santa Fe Trail | trail used by traders to haul goods to Mexican territory |
| Topeka | the capital of Kansas |
| Underground Railroad | a network of houses and hiding placed used by abolitionists to help slaves escape to freedom |
