MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER 5 TEST TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS &
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Free state
A state that did not permit slavery
American Colonization Society
The society which supported the emancipation of the slaves and their removal to africa.
Tariff
A tax on imports designed to keep out foreign competition.
Popular sovereignty
The term used for a vote by those living there
Secession
Withdrawal from the union
Emancipation Proclamation
The document issued by President Lincoln declaring all slaves owned by persons in the
confederacy were to be freed as of January 1, 1863
Republican Party
Was the political party formed in Racine, Wisconsin, to oppose the expansion of slavery
and was Lincoln's party
States' rights
The principle that the rights of the individual states should prevail over the rights of the
federal government
Missouri Compromise
Admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state and forbade the lands of
the Louisiana purchase north of the 36°30' parallel from being carved into slave states
Nullify
Means "to prevent the enforcement of"
Republican Party
The political party formed in Racine, Wisconsin. Abraham Lincoln ran as its presidential
candidate in 1860.
South Carolina
The first southern state to secede from the union.
American Colonization Society
The society formed in 1817 to support the emancipation of the slaves and their removal
to Africa.
Liberia
Which nation in West Africa grew out of the Mississippi Colonization Society
States' rights
The principle that the rights of the individual states should prevail over the rights of the
federal government.
Slavery
The main reason that Mississippi seceded from the union.
Emancipation proclamation
ANSWERS (GRADED A).Buy Quality Materials!
Free state
A state that did not permit slavery
American Colonization Society
The society which supported the emancipation of the slaves and their removal to africa.
Tariff
A tax on imports designed to keep out foreign competition.
Popular sovereignty
The term used for a vote by those living there
Secession
Withdrawal from the union
Emancipation Proclamation
The document issued by President Lincoln declaring all slaves owned by persons in the
confederacy were to be freed as of January 1, 1863
Republican Party
Was the political party formed in Racine, Wisconsin, to oppose the expansion of slavery
and was Lincoln's party
States' rights
The principle that the rights of the individual states should prevail over the rights of the
federal government
Missouri Compromise
Admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state and forbade the lands of
the Louisiana purchase north of the 36°30' parallel from being carved into slave states
Nullify
Means "to prevent the enforcement of"
Republican Party
The political party formed in Racine, Wisconsin. Abraham Lincoln ran as its presidential
candidate in 1860.
South Carolina
The first southern state to secede from the union.
American Colonization Society
The society formed in 1817 to support the emancipation of the slaves and their removal
to Africa.
Liberia
Which nation in West Africa grew out of the Mississippi Colonization Society
States' rights
The principle that the rights of the individual states should prevail over the rights of the
federal government.
Slavery
The main reason that Mississippi seceded from the union.
Emancipation proclamation
