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• Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President (from 1861 to 1865) who prosecuted the American Civil War to reclaim 11 seceding states and abolish slavery; assassinated in 1865 near the beginning of his second term. Considered the greatest of all American presidents. ^[e]
• American Civil War [r]: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. ^[e]
• Daniel Webster [r]: (1782-1852) Leading American politician of the antebellum Whig Party, famous for his oratory, his legal and diplomatic skills, and his efforts to prevent the Civil War in the name of American nationalism. ^[e]
• John C. Calhoun [r]: (1782 – 1850) American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina; a strong advocate of southern state's rights and a defender of the institution of slavery. ^[e]
• Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: a U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. ^[e]
• Kansas (U.S. state) [r]: 34th state of the USA ^[e]
• Second Party System [r]: Term used by historians and political scientists referring to the United States' political system from about 1828 to 1854. ^[e]
• Third Party System [r]: The political universe in American politics from about 1854 to the mid 1890s; the main concerns were nationalism. ^[e]
• William Jennings Bryan [r]: (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) American politician, Democratic presidential nominee and lawyer in the Scopes Trial. ^[e]
• Wilmot Proviso [r]: A proposal, advanced several times 1848-54 but never adopted, for the U.S. Congress to forbid the expansion of slavery into the Southwest. ^[e]
• Yankee [r]: An American of New England origin or heritage; a Northerner in the American Civil War ^[e]