Civil War Antebellum

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Across
  1. 4. This case presented the Supreme Court with 2 major questions and ruled that Dred had no right to sue because blacks are not citizens
  2. 6. He wrote an autobiography, gave many speeches on equality, and was a movement leader
  3. 7. An unsuccessful raid on a federal armory to free slaves in a massive uprising
  4. 8. A movement where America acquired all lands from the Atlantic to Pacific
  5. 10. Aka the president of the Manifest Destiny
  6. 12. This treaty ended the war and stated that the U.S. gained "all" of Texas to the Rio Grande River and the Mexican Cession
  7. 13. Abraham Lincoln won this election
  8. 14. A time period before war
  9. 15. He used graphic stories to show bad slave treatments
Down
  1. 1. The Northern Congressmen passes this in 1846, it would have outlawed all slaves from the Mexican Cession
  2. 2. They lectured all the North about the evils of slavery
  3. 3. Nebraska Act It used popular sovereignty to give people the right to vote on slavery; repealed the Missouri Compromise
  4. 5. Although Texas was admitted as a state,they couldn't agree with Mexico on the Territorial Borders of the Republic of Texas, so it remained unsettled and led to...
  5. 9. Led by Sam Houston,they captured Santa Ann & won their independence in 1836, called...
  6. 11. Part 1:California would enter as a free state;Part 2:Utah & Mexico could vote on slavery;Part 3:The slave trade ended in Washington D.C.;Part 4: A stronger law allowed southerners to recapture slaves