The Civil War

2. Debates: A series of debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during their campaign for the U.S. Senate.
7. Proclamation: An 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing slaves in Confederate-held territory.
9. of Vicksburg: A significant 1863 Union victory that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
10. of Gettysburg: A major battle in 1863 that was a turning point in favor of the Union.
11. A person who wanted to end slavery.
12. Brown's Raid: An 1859 attempt by abolitionist John Brown to start a slave revolt by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
17. Loyalty to a particular region or section of a country rather than to the country as a whole.
18. Scott Decision: A Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.

1. of 1850: A set of laws passed to ease tensions between slave and free states.
3. The act of withdrawing from an organization or alliance, such as the Southern states leaving the Union.
4. Party: A political party formed in the 1850s that opposed the expansion of slavery.
5. Sumter: A fort in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
6. Tom's Cabin: A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that depicted the harsh realities of slavery.
8. Act: A law that allowed the residents of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether to allow slavery.
13. Rights: The idea that states have certain rights and political powers separate from the federal government.
14. to Habeas Corpus: The legal right to be brought before a judge to determine if a person's imprisonment is lawful.
15. Compromise: An agreement in 1820 that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
16. War: A war between citizens of the same country.