Causes of the Civil War

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Across
  1. 8. The ____ states had an economy based on slavery
  2. 9. major cash crop of the Southern economy
  3. 11. an agreement reached when both sides make concessions
  4. 12. Uncle Tom's ______ was an anti-slavery novel
  5. 13. rights States have the power to nullify or cancel federal law (nullification crisis is an example)
  6. 14. To cancel or refuse to follow a federal law
  7. 15. Made it a crime to help runaway slaves
  8. 17. inventor of the cotton gin
  9. 22. Northern states
  10. 23. First state to secede from the Union
  11. 25. ____ Kansas due to the violence over slavery
  12. 26. President James ___ failed to deal with secession
  13. 27. Period of time prior to the Civil War
  14. 28. To pass a law
Down
  1. 1. A person who fought to end slavery
  2. 2. Southern states' name after seceding
  3. 3. He wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  4. 4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act nullified the ___ Compromise
  5. 5. Last name of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  6. 6. First shots fired of the Civil War
  7. 7. Political party united against the spread of slavery
  8. 10. To withdraw from the United States
  9. 16. The ____ states had an economy based on industry
  10. 18. He won the election of 1860
  11. 19. Known as the "Great Compromiser"
  12. 20. Political party of Southern states during antebellum
  13. 21. The main cause of the civil war
  14. 24. Popular Sovereignty