Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation (Southerners proposed secession in 1849 when California applied for statehood as a free state)

someone who is running away or escaping (The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a compromise made to hold the country together)

A war between people of the same country. (Evident in "Bleeding Kansas" in 1854-1856)

A place where weapons and ammunition are stored (Harpers' Ferry was attacked by John Brown in hopes of arming a slave revolt in Virginia)

a person who dies for a cause (To some abolitionists John Brown became a martyr after his death after Harpers' Ferry)

the right of states to limit the power of the federal government (This was the major argument for Confederate states seceding from the Union)