| A | B |
|---|
| abolition | total end to slavery |
| emancipation | freedom from slavery |
| Nat Turner's Rebellion | 1831 violent slave revolt led by Nat Turner |
| Second Great Awakening | rebirth of religion |
| Compromise of 1850 | Calif. enters as free state; Mexican Cession decided by popular sovereignty & abolished slave trade in D.C. |
| Republican Party | political party formed in 1854 to stop spread of slavery to West |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | created territories of Kansas and Nebraska ; allowed voters to decide if free or slave state` |
| Dred Scott Decision | Supreme Court that slaves were property |
| Confederate States of America | nation fromed by southern states that broke away from the Union |
| another name for Confederate States of America | Confederacy |
| Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 Pres. Lincoln freed the slaves |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's speech which praised the Union solders bravery and renewed his committment to winning the Civil War |
