| A | B |
|---|
| secession | the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union |
| Underground Railroad | a system of escape routes for slaves |
| Dred Scott | slave who lost his freedom in 1857 Supreme Court case |
| nativism | the favoring of native-born people over immigrants |
| John Wilkes | this Booth was not welcome at Ford's Theatre |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852 which expressed her outrage at slavery and described it as a moral struggle |
| Sherman | he burned Atlanta on his march to the sea |
| John Brown | hanged at Harper's Ferry for attempted slave revolt |
| popular sovereignty | the right of the people to vote for or against slavery |
| slavery | 1850s issue that divided North and South |
| income tax | a tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual's income |
| Kansas | "Bleeding" state: center of 1854 slavery issue |
| conscription | a draft that forced men to serve in the army |
| Gettysburg Address | this speech by Abraham Loncoln "remade America" |
| Dredd Scott v. Sanford | this Supreme Court case not only permitted the extension of slavery, but guaranteed it |
| Fugitive Slave Act | said that alleged fugitive slaves were not entitled to trial by jury and that anyone helping a fugitive was liable for a $1,000 fine and imprisonment for up to six months |
