Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The freedom of all slaves
  2. 3. they were considered property and one of the main reason of the civil war
  3. 5. it was one of the major political parties that existed in 1830s-1855 it transformed into the republican party.
  4. 6. A nominee of the democratic party and was a lawyer and politician from Illinois
  5. 7. The confederates seceded from this and eventually the confederates would fight them
  6. 9. The winner of the 1860 election united the states after a war
  7. 11. The principle of authority for the government among the people
  8. 12. It was the major turning point in the civil war
Down
  1. 1. A law that passed that allowed slaves to be returned to their owners when the slaves were in a free state
  2. 4. when former members of the whig party created the party to oppose andrew jackson and to oppose the spread of slavery.
  3. 8. This party was represented by stephen douglas and john breckinridge.It caused a split between the party within
  4. 10. The US states that seceded from the union eventually a war would break out between them and the union