slavery? Flashcards
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Abolitionist
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A person who wanted to end slavery in the united states.
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Compromise of 1850
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A law admitting california to the union. allowing territory to decide on slavery, and requiring the north to obey the fugitive slave law of 1850
3
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Cotton gin
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a machine that separates cotton from its seeds.
4
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Dred scott decision
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Am 1857 supreme court decision that said salves were private property.
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state rights
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the belief that each state should be allowed to make its own decision
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slavery
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the practice of one person to work without freedom or pay
