Chapter 15

3. State (4, 5): A state where slavery was prohibited.
5. Platform (7, 8): Pro-Union statement by GA in 1850 that accepted the Compromise of 1850 but threatened secession if it was violated.
7. (12): A person who worked to end the practice of slavery immediately.
10. (13): The theory that a state can invalidate a federal law it deems unconstitutional.
11. (5): Pertaining to the countryside and agricultural life.
13. Destiny (8, 7): The 19th-century belief that U.S. expansion across North America was justified and inevitable.
16. (10): The period "before the war," specifically the American Civil War. Border State (6, 5): Slave states that did not secede from the Union during the Civil War.
18. of 1850 (10, 2, 4): Legislation that admitted California as a free state and passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

1. Act (6-8, 3): 1854 law that allowed territories to decide on slavery, leading to "Bleeding Kansas." Free-soil (4-4): Political movement opposing the expansion of slavery into new Western territories.
2. Railroad (11, 8): Secret network helping enslaved people escape to the North.
4. (12): Exaggerated loyalty to one's own region rather than the country as a whole.
6. Compromise (8, 10): 1820 deal admitting MO as a slave state and ME as free.
8. (6): A trusted enslaved person who supervised others in the field.
9. Sovereignty (7, 11): Political policy allowing residents of a territory to vote on the legality of slavery.
12. (5): To legally add or incorporate a new territory into an existing political unit.
14. (6): A tax imposed by the government on imported goods.
15. State (5, 5): A state where the practice of slavery was legal.
17. (5): Pertaining to city life and densely populated areas.