| A | B |
|---|
| Republican Party | New political party formed be angry Free Soilers, northern Democrats, and antislavery Whigs |
| Goal of Republicans | keep slavery out of the western territories |
| John Charles Fremont | Republican candidate for President in 1856. He opposed the spread of slavery |
| James Buchanan | Whig Candidate for President in 1856. Sypathized with southern slavery. Won election |
| Abe Lincoln | candidate for U.S. Senator in 1858. (lost) |
| Stephen A. Douglas | Won senate race against Lincoln in 1858. |
| wrestling | sport enjoyed by Lincoln |
| Kentucky | State in which Lincoln was born |
| Lincoln-Douglas debates | Douglas-decide slavery by popular sovereignty/Lincoln-slavery was wrong and could not be voted"up or down" |
| Train | from which the Lincoln-Douglas debates were held |
| John Brown | radical abolitionists |
| arsenal | gun warehouse |
| Harpers Ferry | Location of raid by John Brown |
| Robert E. Lee | led troops which captured John Brown and his men |
| guilty of murder and treason | crimes of which John Brown was convicted |
| hanged | manner in which John Brown was executed |
| "John Brown's Body" | Song which northerners sang to popularize John Brown and the abolitionists cause |
| five | number of African Americans who went with John Brown to Harpers Ferry |
| brass cannon | instrument used to announce the arrival of Stephen Douglas during his campaign for the Senate |
| Lincoln's belief | " if slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong." |
