| A | B |
| Popular Sovereignty | Allows voters in a state to decide a political issue |
| Dred Scott Case | Declared that slaves were not citizens |
| Nat Turner | Led a slave rebellion in VA killing white plantation owners |
| Habeas Corpus | The right to go before a judge if being held for a crime |
| Emacipation Proclamation | Freed slaves in the C.S.A and gave the Union another reason to fight |
| Anaconda Plan | Union plan to block ports, capture Richmond, and control Mississippi River |
| Fort Sumter | First battle of Civil war to see if Lincoln could protect federal property |
| Border States | Slave states that did not join the C.S.A. |