Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. Proposes that neither Congress nor a territorial government had the authority to ban slavery
  2. 3. main points of Clay's original plan
  3. 4. The main topic of the seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas
  4. 6. African America that sued for his freedom in 1846
  5. 12. Fremont Who did the Republican party nominate in the presidential election of 1856James Buchanan Who did the Democratic party nominate in the presidential election of 1856
  6. 13. Clays Proposal
  7. 14. Proposal that specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War
  8. 15. a young senator from Illinois that finally resolved the crisis
  9. 17. New Party that was formed in 1848 when neither presidential candidate would take a stand on slavery
  10. 18. When did Congress pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  11. 19. System What did Uncle Tom's Cabin show about slavery
Down
  1. 1. Annexation of Texas
  2. 5. The attitude that grew out the differences between the North and the South
  3. 7. Who did the American party nominate in the presidential election of 1856
  4. 8. African Americans and Whites who opposed slavery set up to help runaways escape
  5. 9. What name was given to the laws passes in Congress that contained the
  6. 10. who led an attack on Pottawatomie Creek to retaliate for the attack on Lawrence
  7. 11. Sovereignty What did Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery
  8. 16. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  9. 20. Who said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"