| A | B |
| Abolition | Person who wanted to end slavery |
| Underground R.R. | network of abolitionists who helped runaway slaves reach freedom in the north |
| sectionalism | loyalty to a /section instead of country |
| popular soverignty | allowing each state to choose to be free/slave states |
| secede | to withdraw from membership in a group |
| fugitive | runaway |
| civil war | war between people of same country |
| Missouri Compromise | same number of free and slave states-imaginary line |
| Wilmot Proviso | ban slavery in western territory |
| Compromise of 1850 | agreement over slavery under which California joined as a free state and a strict fugative slave law was passed |
| Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 | every citizen must capture runaway slaves |
| repeal | to cancel or undo |
| guerilla warfare | solider who uses hit and run tactics |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Slavery treatment through slave eyes-harriet Beacher Stowe |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Nebraska splits-free state and slave state |