To work or fight against.

Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.

A person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere.

Person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.

A large open area beneath a ship's deck, often used to house traveling immigrants

a force that pushes people out of their native lands and pulls them toward a new place

a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

Related to the matter at hand, to the point.

Possible, able to happen; something that can develop or become a reality.

Very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.

Fresh and clean; uncorrupted.

1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico

A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery.

A northern American politician. He developed the American System as well as negotiated numerous compromises.

To subdue, put down forcibly.

Person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world.

To regain health or strength.

To fill again, make good, replace.

Offensive, disagreeable, distasteful.

The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner.