| A | B |
| Abolitionists | People who want to end slavery |
| Secession | South cutting ties with the U.S. |
| Cities Grow | Factories provide work |
| Slavery | Big dispute between N. and S. |
| Abraham Lincoln | 1860 anti slavery presidential candidate |
| Dred Scott Decision | Slaves in free territory were still owned & had to be returned |
| Missouri Compromise | Law- Slavery OK South of imaginary line |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Novel- encourages abolition of slavery |
| Seneca Falls Convention | Declaration of Women's Rights |
| Republican Party | New states should be Free States |
| Kansas | 1850 War between "free soilers" & slave owners |
| John Brown | Abolitionist attacks Harper's Ferry VA |
| Frederick Douglas | Ex slave/abolitionist speaker |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | Some new states can decide slave or free |
| Underground Railroad | Secret way to get run away slaves to freedom in N. |
| Sojourner Truth | Ex slave/abolitionist/women's rights speaker |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Abolitionist publisher of "The Liberator" |
| Slavery grows | Cotton becomes "King" |