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An American Vision
Chapter 10: Key Terms
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11th Grade
01/10/2010

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popular sovereignty
Definition
government subject to the will of the people
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secession
Definition
withdrawal from the Union
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Underground Railroad
Definition
a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North
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transcontinental railroad
Definition
a railway system extending across the continent
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referendum
Definition
the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
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insurrection
Definition
an act of rebelling against the established government
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Confederacy
Definition
nation declared to have been formed by the southern states that seceded from the Union on 1860-1861
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martial law
Definition
the law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency
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