| Term | Definition |
|---|
| secede | break away or withdrawal |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th president of the United States |
| Mary Todd | Lincoln's wife |
| Harriet Tubman | most famous person linked to the underground railroad |
| Stonewall Jackson | TJ Jackson's nickname |
| despotism | tyranny, taking away freedom |
| Confederate States | another name for the Southern States |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Fort Sumter | the place where the first shots were fired in the Civil War |
| abolitionists | the name given to a person who wanted to end slavery |
| Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision | this thing said slaves were not people, but property |
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