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Chapter 12 US Hist
Access American History Ch 12 Seven Years to Civil War
Term | Definition |
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bitterly | with anger and disappointment |
Fugitive Slave Act | an 1850 law that made people return runaway slaves to their owners |
harsh | cruel and severe |
testify | tell under oath what happened; tell or show proof |
abolitionist | a person who worked to end slavery |
colored | an outdated term used to describe a black person |
illegal | not allowed by law |
territories | parts of the United States that are not states |
democratic | like a democracy, where people get to vote on important things |
outraged | made angry by something wrong |
expand | grow, take up more space |
hotbed | a place where anything grows and develops quickly |
antislavery | against slavery |
fanatic | someone whose support for a belief is taken to an extreme |