chapter 15 crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Many routes of the Underground Railroad led to freedom in this country
  2. 6. Safe houses on the Underground Railroad were called blank
  3. 7. helped thousands of enslaved people escape.
  4. 11. attempted to ease tensions over slavery.
  5. 15. attempted to balance free and slave states.
  6. 16. frightened slaveholders and led to stricter laws.
  7. 18. were often separated in selling of slaves
  8. 19. by 1860 around this number were enslaved in the United States.
  9. 21. led a major slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
  10. 22. helped over 300 slaves escape and went back to where she was e
  11. 25. this issue became the nation's biggest political conflict of the time.
  12. 26. planned a large slave revolt in South Carolina.
  13. 27. invented the cotton gin, increasing demand for enslaved labor.
  14. 28. Some enslaved people escaped by following this star
Down
  1. 1. conflicts of slavery eventually contributed to the outbreak of this war
  2. 2. Act of 1850 required escaped enslaved people to be returned
  3. 3. became America's leading export by the mid-1800s.
  4. 4. between enslaved people were often not legally concidered
  5. 5. was sometimes the only day with limited free time
  6. 8. these societies grew throughout the North during the 1830s and 1840s.
  7. 9. these states depended on immigrants for labor
  8. 10. escaped slavery and became a famous speaker and writer
  9. 12. helped many freedom seekers.
  10. 13. was a center of abolitionist activity.
  11. 14. The United States banned the importation of enslaved people from this country in 1808
  12. 17. fought against slavery and later led a raid on Harpers Ferry
  13. 20. these states depended heavily on enslaved labor for agriculture
  14. 23. was a major Southern port connected to slavery.
  15. 24. some enslaved people worked as skilled craftsmen, carpenters, and blank