| A | B |
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| sectionalism | a serious problem in U.S. that led to Civil War |
| expansion of slavery | a major conflict in U.S. politics between 1850-1860 |
| Compromise of 1850 | Plan thaat asked citizens of a territory to allow or forbid slavery |
| Dred Scott Decision | opened up all territories to slavery |
| Compromise of 1850 | legislature that allowed California to join the Union as a free state |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | literary work that supported abolitionist movement |
| Fugitive Slave Law | required northerners to help return runaway slaves |
| Abraham Lincoln | Republican candidate elected president in 1860 |
| "House divided" | means the nation was divided over the issue of slavery |
| The election of Abraham Lincoln | this encouraged the Southern states to begin secession |
| Harriet Tubman | The leader of the Underground Railroad |
| Harpers Ferry | place where John Brown attacked in hopes of beginning a slave revolt |
| Confederacy goal at the onset (beginning) of the Civil War | to become independent |
| Confederate troops fired on Ft. Sumter | The event that signaled the beginning of the Civil War |
| Main goal of Abraham Lincoln throughout Civil War | to preserve the Union |
| the south | predicted easy, swift victory because of captive labor force |
| Gettysburg | Battle that was the turning point of Civil War |
| Iron clad ships | The Monitor and the Merrymac |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Accepted Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox |
| Clara Barton | founder of American Red Cross |
| Emancipation Proclamation | law that abolished slavery in rebelling states and territories |
| 13th Amendment | completely abolished slavery in ALL regions of U.S. |
| 14th Amendment | gave citizenship to former slaves |
| 15th Amendment | gave right to vot regardless of race |
| John Wilkes Booth | assassinated President Abraham Lincoln |
| Henry Clay | U.S. senetor from Kentucky, negotiated Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850 |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general who led army in civil war |
| Emancipation Proclamation | issued by Lincoln after Battle of Antietam |
| 54th Mass Regiment | all African-American Regiment |
| Breckinridge | candidate with 2nd most electoral votes in election of 1860 |
| a way that the Emancipation Proclamation changed course of Civil War | gave North a reason to continue fighting |
