Bleeding Kansas 2025

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Across
  1. 1. spanning across the continent such as a railroad
  2. 6. a person who is willing to die for a cause (John Brown)
  3. 7. to break away from the United States
  4. 9. committing a crime against your own country
  5. 12. a person who wants to see slavery abolished
  6. 13. U.S. Senator from Illinois who created the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  7. 15. a type of battle tactic (surprise/sneak attack)
  8. 17. became a state on January 29, 1861
  9. 19. allowed the Kansas Territory to vote on the issue of slavery
  10. 20. Battle of Black Jack took place near this Kansas town
Down
  1. 2. to set free (slaves)
  2. 3. first State Governor of Kansas
  3. 4. rights that include Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
  4. 5. anti slavery settlers who came to Kansas in the 1850s
  5. 8. nickname of Kansas Territory in the 1850s
  6. 10. a person who served in the military
  7. 11. violent abolitionist during the 1850s
  8. 14. the right to vote
  9. 16. to revoke or end (a law)
  10. 18. document stating the principles & laws of a state or country