| A | B |
|---|
| kansasnebraskaact | A bill whether to allow slavery in each territory settled by popular sovereignty |
| johnbrown | an extreme abolitionist |
| popularsovereignty | residents vote to decide an issue |
| harrietbeecherstowe | wrote uncle tom's cabin |
| uncletomscabin | published in 1852 and portrayed moral issues of slavery |
| fugitiveslaveact | law to help slave holders recapture run away slaves |
| north | antislavery |
| south | proslavery |
| proslavery | wanted slavery |
| antislavery | against slavery |
| bleedingkansas | a period where violence spread and broke out in kansas |
| sackoflawrence | Proslavery mob attacked lawrence |
| pottawatomiemassacre | 8 men went to cabins of proslavery and murdered 5 people |
| republican | new political party |
| bleedingsumner | Brooks hit Sumner over the head with his cain |
