Civil war puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. one of the two major political parties in the US
  2. 5. played an important role in the settlement of the west
  3. 8. Webster a lawyer and member of congress
  4. 10. Douglas power United States senator who infused the nation debate about slavery
  5. 13. northern and western states that fought against the confederacy
  6. 14. laws that forbid people from discussing or debating particular topics
Down
  1. 1. violent confrontation in 1856 between proslavery and anti slavery
  2. 2. clay lawyer in kentucky and member of Thomas Jefferson’s Republican Party
  3. 3. states that did not allow slavery
  4. 6. state in which slaver was legal
  5. 7. political theatre that some states rights advocates held in the late 1700s and early 1800s
  6. 9. brown an abolitionist who believed that he needed to take extreme action to help slavery
  7. 11. sovereignty belief that the political power of nation or state comes from the consent of the people
  8. 12. eaters group of southern proslavery extremist