Causes of the Civil War

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