Civil War Crossword

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  1. 2. the action of assassinating someone
  2. 5. Harriet's husband
  3. 6. a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850
  4. 9. 1863 gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War.
  5. 12. passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  6. 15. network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States.
  7. 16. He led a daring raid from Kansas across the border into Missouri, where he killed one slave owner and freed 11 slaves.
  8. 18. Midwestern state that starts with a K
  9. 19. also known as ¨The Great Compromiser¨
  10. 20. derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri.
  11. 21. the deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  12. 22. provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory.
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  1. 1. a controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states.
  2. 3. an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery
  3. 4. the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  4. 7. became the foremost advocate of popular sovereignty.
  5. 8. shared ideas about the injustices of slavery
  6. 10. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia.
  7. 11. regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of enslaved people.
  8. 13. occurred on the night of May 24–25, 1856, in the Kansas Territory.
  9. 14. also called for government support of business through tariffs.
  10. 17. American abolitionists who freed approximately 70 enslaved people.