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