| A | B |
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| Popular Sovereignty | Idea that political authority belongs to the people. |
| Sectionalism | Devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole. |
| Secede | To formally withdraw from the Union. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to decide issue of slavery. |
| Freeport Doctrine | Stephen Douglas' statement saying how people could use popular sovereignty to decide slavery issue. |
| John Brown's Raid | 1859 attack on federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry. |
| Confederate States of America | Nation formed by southern states when they seceded from the Union. |
| Implications | things that are inferred or deduced. |
| Pottawatomie Massacre | 1856 attack on pro-slavery Kansans. |
| Abolitionists | People who want to end slavery. |
| Border States | Slave states that lay between the North and the South and did not join the Confederacy. |
| Contrabands | Escaped slaves who joined the Union army. |
| Cotton Diplomacy | Confederate efforts to use importance of cotton to persuade the British to support them. |
| Emancipation | Freeing of the slaves. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Lincoln's order freeing slaves in the Confederacy. |
| Execute | To carry out. |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's speech praising bravery of Union soldiers and renewing his commitment to winning the war. |
| Habeas Corpus | Protection against unlawful imprisonment. |
| Innovation | A new idea or way of doing something. |
| Total War | Army destroys its opponent's ability to fight targeting civilian and economic as well as military resources. |
