| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abolish | to put an end to |
| abolitionist | a person who wants to end slavery |
| embattled | struggling |
| crusader | person who fights for a cause |
| crucial | very important |
| popular sovereignty | policy that said each state should decide whether to have slavery within its borders |
| compel | to force |
| inalienable | not to be sold or given away |
| undermine | to weaken |
| mobilize | to put into action |
| democracy | a government run by the people who live under it |
| impassioned | with great feeling |
| erroneous | wrong; mistaken |
| allegiance | loyalty |
| prominence | fame or importance |
| flounder | to struggle |
| confrontation | a face-to-face meeting |
| gangly | loose and awkward |
| festooned | to hang ribbons or manners in curved shapes |
| catapult | to move very quick |
| distort | to misrepresent |
| supremacy | a position of the highest power |
| faction | a group of people within a larger party |
| inauguration | the ceremony where a president takes office |
| manacled | handcuffed |
| suppress | to stop |
| confine | to limit or keep in place |
| fanatic | a person whose devotion to a cause goes beyond reason |
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