Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  2. 4. An act that forced citizens to apprehend slaves and return them to their "owners"
  3. 5. a case that argued for the freedom of slaves
  4. 7. A series of safe houses for runaway slaves to to get to Canada.
  5. 8. President of the Confederate States of America
  6. 9. President who took office in 1849 (Southern slave holder)
  7. 12. The doctrine giving states the ability to decide if the were free or slave states
  8. 15. Escaped slave who guided more than three hundred slaves to freedom
  9. 16. Lincoln's official political party
Down
  1. 1. Number of presidential candidates in the 1860 election
  2. 2. Name of the 11 southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860 and 1861
  3. 6. Commonly used name for the American Party
  4. 10. The judge who pushed for republicans relied on heavily in the Dred Scott decision
  5. 11. Name given to northern men that were malleable enough to champion southern causes
  6. 13. Abraham Lincoln's profession prior to his presidency
  7. 14. Lincoln's primary southern rival in the 1860 election