Causes of the Civil War

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