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| 364876845 | Missouri | Admitted as a slave state. | |
| 364876846 | Maine | Admitted as a free state. | |
| 364876847 | Roger B. Taney | Justice ruling in the Dred Scott case. | |
| 364876848 | fugitives | runaway slaves | |
| 364876849 | secede | To leave the Union. | |
| 364876850 | April 12, 1861 | The day the Civil War begins. | |
| 364876851 | 36 degrees, 30' N latitude | The boundary line of slavery established in the Missouri Compromise. | |
| 364876852 | popular sovereignty | Allowing "the People" decide by voting. | |
| 364876853 | Kansas | Territory open to allowing slavery. | |
| 364876854 | John Brown | Violent abolitionist who was sentenced to hang. | |
| 364876855 | martyr | A person who dies for a cause. | |
| 364876856 | Stephen Douglas | "The Little Giant" | |
| 364876857 | abstain | Not casting a vote. | |
| 364876858 | February 4, 1861 | The day the Confederate States of America were formed. | |
| 364876859 | slavery | The main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. | |
| 364876860 | sectionalism | Exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country. | |
| 364876861 | Missouri Compromise | This plan preserved the balance between slave and free states in the US Senate. | |
| 364876862 | Fugitive Slave Act | This law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. | |
| 364876863 | border ruffians | People from Missouri who traveled in armed groups to cross the border and vote in the elections in Kansas. | |
| 364876864 | Kansas | Rival proslavery and antislavery governments existed in this territory. | |
| 364876865 | Civil War | A war between citizens of the same country. | |
| 364876866 | Republican | Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers joined together to form this political party. | |
| 364876867 | The Dred Scott case | This ruling meant that the US Constitution protected slavery. | |
| 364876868 | House | Lincoln said "A ________ divided against itself cannot stand." | |
| 364876869 | Rallying point for abolitionists | John Brown's execution/hanging. | |
| 364876870 | South Carolina | The first state to secede from the Union. | |
| 364876871 | states' rights | Theory used by southern states to justify secession. | |
| 364876872 | Jefferson Davis | First President of the Confederate States of America. | |
| 364876873 | Attack on Ft. Sumter | The event marked the beginning of the Civil War. | |
| 364876874 | The Compromise of 1850 | Fugitive Slave Act, border dispute settled in favor of New Mexico, No restriction on slavery in New Mexico, California admitted as a free state, and slave trade abolished in Washington, DC. | |
| 364876875 | Henry Clay | Proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. | |
| 364876876 | Free Soil Party | Political party opposed to slavery; supported the Wilmot Priviso. | |
| 364876877 | Wilmot Proviso | Determined that slavery would not be permitted in any territories received from the War with Mexico. | |
| 364876878 | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" | |
| 364876879 | Dred Scott | A slave who sued to gain his freedom. | |
| 365523136 | John C. Calhoun | Senator from SC who suggested that neither Congress or a territorial government could ban or regulate slavery. | |
| 365523137 | Kansas-Nebraska Act | It repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed citizens of new territories to decide whether or not to allow slavery. | |
| 365523138 | Confederacy | A new nation formed by the seceding proslavery states in the south. | |
| 365523139 | James Buchanan | Elected the 15th President of the US in 1856. | |
| 365523140 | Abraham Lincoln | Elected the 16th President of the US in 1860. | |
| 365523141 | Freeport Doctrine | The idea that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws protectiong slaveholder's rights. | |
| 365523142 | arsenal | A storage place for weapons and ammunition. | |
| 365523143 | Abner Doubleday | Union leader who witnessed the Confederate attack from inside Ft. Sumter; credited with inventing the game of baseball. | |
| 365523144 | Brooks-Sumner incident | A personal attack on the floor of the Senate resulting from political disagreements over slavery. | |
| 365523145 | March 4, 1861 | Inauguration Day for Abraham Lincoln. |
