Causes of the Civil War
Across
- 1. Northern states where slavery was opposed
- 5. 1820 agreement that balanced free and slave states
- 6. Eli Whitney's invention that increased the demand for slavery
- 8. Law that required Escaped slaves to be returned to their owners
- 10. Escaped slave who became a leading abolitionist
- 11. The year Abraham Lincoln was elected
- 12. Abolitionist who led a raid on Harper's Ferry
- 13. Conductor of the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape
Down
- 2. Southern states where slavery was legal before the Civil War
- 3. Slave who sued for his freedom in a landmark Supreme Court case
- 4. Legislation that allowed California as a free state
- 7. 1854 law that allowed popular sovereignty in the Louisiana Territory
- 9. Movement to end slavery in the United States