Causes of the Civil War

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Across
  1. 4. The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
  2. 5. the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national government
  3. 6. election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union.
  4. 7. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States
  5. 9. important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.).
  6. 10. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
Down
  1. 1. act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
  2. 2. the act of making legally null and void.
  3. 3. involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.
  4. 8. of 1850 Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.