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Chapter 17
Slavery Becomes a National Issue Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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state's rights | The rights and powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the federal government. |
fine | Money that must be paid as a punishment for breaking a law. |
slave trade | The capturing, transporting, selling, and buying of human beings as slaves. |
slave state | a state that supported slavery before and during the Civil War. |
fugitive | A person who has escaped from a place or who is hiding to avoid capture or arrest. |
compromise | A settlement of a conflict or disagreement by each side giving up something in order to get something. |
free state | A state where slavery was not allowed. |
ban | To officially or legally prohibit something. |
sectional | Relating to a segment of a larger whole, often a local region within a country. |
nullify | To make something invalid or no longer legal and binding. |
rebel | To oppose or disobey someone of authority in control. |
proclaim | To announce or declare in an open or bold way. |
popular sovereignty | The idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed. |