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2. – 1865) - The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
3. - Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
6. of 1850.
7. (1850) - act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
8. position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the
10. machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers.
11. - important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.).
12. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.

1. where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union. -
4. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to ener the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
5. - compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.
9. act of making legally null and void.