| A | B |
|---|
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Attempts to win the Illinois Senate Race in 1858 |
| Peace Convention | Attempt by John Tyler to keep the Union together |
| Context | Circumstances under which something is considered |
| Inauguration | Ceremony to swear in the President |
| Freeport Doctrine | Douglas's response to a question from Lincoln |
| Crittendon Compromise | Proposal to ban slavery north of the Missouri Border |
| Platform | Declaration of the principles for which a group stands |
| Provisional | Temporary |
| Secession | Withdrawal from the union |
| Confederate States of America | Name adopted by the Southern States |
| Montgomery | Representatives of the seven southern states met here |
| New York Herald | Predicted a Lincoln victory would bring thousands of slaves to the north |
| Compensated emancipation | Payments to free slaves |
| Wilmot Proviso | Attempt to ban slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico |
| Abraham Lincoln | Elected President in 1860 |
| Horace Greeley | Editor of the New York Tribune |
| Stephen Douglas | Northern Democratic candidate for President in 1860 |
| James Buchanan | Elected President in 1856 |
| William Seward | Republican who wanted to run for President but chose not to |
| John Crittendon | Senator from Kentucky |
| David Wilmot | Senator from Pennsylvania |
| John Bell | Constitutional Union Party candidate for President in 1860 |
| John C. Breckinridge | Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860 |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States |
| Alexander Stephens | Vice President of the Confederate States |
