Causes of the Civil War
Across
- 2. This was the first state to secede from the Union.
- 5. The south depended on this for their economy.
- 7. A raid led by John Brown which sought to give slaves weapons in order to rise up against their owners.
- 8. The greatest factor of the start of the Civil War.
- 9. Nickname for anti slavery people in the North.
- 11. This legislation in 1820 ensured that all states above the 36ยบ 30' latitude line would be free states and all states below the line would be slave states.
- 14. Someone who opposes slavery.
- 15. This political party was against slavery in the 1860s.
- 16. This was the winner of the 1860 election and led to the secession of the South.
- 17. The president of the North during the Civil War.
- 19. This man sued for his freedom but lost and was told he had no rights because he was property.
Down
- 1. Ratified on September 17, 1787.
- 2. The representative of the northern democrat party in the 1860 election.
- 3. Helped those enslaved to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
- 4. This is where the first shots fired in the Civil War occurred.
- 6. Pro and anti slavery supporters clash in Kansas.
- 10. Nickname for anti slavery forces down south.
- 12. This is the punishment John Brown faced after his raid.
- 13. He shared his experience through powerful speeches and three autobiographies.
- 18. Eli Whitney invented this.