| A | B | 
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri is a slave state, Maine is Free, New states N 36'30 all free | 
| Nat Turners Rebellion | Slaves raided and killed whites/ Caused stricter slaves codes | 
| Compromise of 1850 | California is free, People in territories of New Mexico and Utah get to vote on slavery | 
| Slave Fugitive Act | Northerner's must help return runaway slaves, but did not want to | 
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | A novel about how slaves struggle | 
| Kansas Nebraska Act | People in territories vote on slave issue | 
| Kansas is Bleeding | Anti-slavery and Pro-slavery people attack each other, 56 died, Attack in Congress | 
| Dred Scot Case | Supreme Court decide African Americans are not citizens, can't sue in court | 
| Lincoln's 1860 Presidential Election Win | South Carolina secedes | 
| Fort Sumner | Confederates attack and the US federal soldiers surrender | 
| Secede | To leave, separate from the nation | 
| Confederates | Southerners that seceded | 
| Slavery | Forced labor, no freedom or rights | 
| Cotton | Major cash crop in the south | 
| Lincoln Douglass Debate | People learn about Lincolns slavery views all throughout nation |