| A | B |
|---|
| popular sovereignty | idea that people could choose over the issue of slavery. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | A military order issued by President Lincoln that freed all slaves in states of rebellion in the South. |
| Gettysburg Address | Famous speech made by President Lincoln in 1863. |
| Election of 1860 | One Republican and three democratic candates ran for president. |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished slavery in 1865 |
| Appomattox Courthouse | Place where the South officially surrendered to the North. |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Three day battle in July of 1863. The North was considered the winner. |
| Anaconda Plan | Name of General Scott's winning strategy for the North. |
| border states | Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland |
| Fort Sumter | Federal fort where the Civil War officially started. |
| South Carolina | First southern state to seced from the Union. |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Debates in Illinois that made Lincoln famous. |
| states' rights | The idea that states can refuse to follow federal laws. |
| "bleeding Kansas" | 7 year period of violence caused by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. |
| Confederacy | Southern government used by the South during the Civil War. |
| 13 | Number of states in the Confederacy. |
| Attack on Harper's Ferry | John Brown and his men attacked this Virginia arsenal in 1859. |
| Ford's Theatre | Place where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. |
