Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. Died suddenly, his vice president replaced him
  2. 3. A slave whose owner died in a free state, went to court to be free, but was denied by Supreme Court Judge Stanford
  3. 5. White Northerners practiced it to help runaway slaves
  4. 6. Northerners had to assist slave catchers, and it denied slaves a fair trial
  5. 10. Charles Sumner criticized people who were pro-slavery, so Preston Brooks beat him with his cane in the Senate chambers
  6. 11. Kansas was very divided, and caused many killings throughout Kansas
  7. 12. led a raid a military base to get weapons to help free slaves, ended up being hanged
  8. 13. Was sent more canes after he beat Charles Sumner with his cane
  9. 16. This group was created after the Wilmot Proviso failed
  10. 17. He was the first president of the Confederate States of America
Down
  1. 1. group of states that left the US, including South Carolina and Texas
  2. 4. South Carolina succeeded from America and created the Confederate States of America with Texas Alabama and more
  3. 7. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, became a very influential novel
  4. 8. Slavery should be banned
  5. 9. Took over presidency after President Taylor died
  6. 14. relief from an injury or wrongdoing
  7. 15. California applied to the union as a free state, but the South threatened to succeed
  8. 18. belief that territories could exclude slavery through local legislation