| A | B |
|---|
| Jefferson Davis | gave orders to prevent all efforts to resupply Fort Sumter |
| Stephen Douglas | proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act with its affirmation of popular sovereignty |
| Robert E. Lee | led federal troops to Harpers Ferry and captured John Brown |
| Abraham Lincoln | lost a Senate election in Illinois after debating with Stephen Douglas |
| Roger B. Taney | ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional |
| Abolitionist | support for the eliminating slavery |
| Emancipation | the freeing of slaves |
| Popular sovereignty | doctrine that settlers should decide the slavery issue for themselves |
| Platform | statement of what a political party stands for on various issues |
| Secession | action advocated by fire-eaters |
