16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons.

Political party's formal statement of basic principles, stands on major issues, and objectives.

Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States.

President of the Confederate States of America.

1860 compromise proposal on the slavery issue that would have allowed slavery to continue in the South and would have denied Congress the power to regulate interstate slave trade.

Not allowed under the constitution.

Person whose views are between conservative and liberal and may include some of both ideologies.

Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War.

Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.

Slave states on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.

Expression used by Southern authors and orators before Civil War to indicate economic dominance of Southern cotton industry, and that North needed South's cotton. Coined by James Hammond

Union war strategy by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi River, and to take an army through heart of south.

War measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.

First "real" battle of the Civil War, it was expected by Union officials to be short but ended up a Confederate victory.