| A | B |
| Bleeding Kansas 1856 | Violence among settlers over slavery issue |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 | Lets settlers decide if they want slavery |
| Fugitive Slave Act 1850 | Bounty hunters can capture escaped slaves in the north |
| Nat Turner | Slave who led rebellion against slave owners in VA |
| John Brown | Abolitionist who used violence for his cause |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President |
| Tariffs of 1828 & 1832 | Taxes on goods which benefited the North |
| Dred Scott | Slave who sued the government over slavery issue |
| Stephen Douglas | Candidate for president |
| Compromise of 1850 | Ends slavery in Washington, D.C. |