Events Leading to the Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. Important georgian politician who was U.S. senator, Georgia Govenor, and vice-president of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A).
  2. 8. The party that nominated Abraham Lincoln
  3. 9. The 16th president of the United States
  4. 10. In 1820, this compromise was made to please both sides.
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  1. 1. act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
  2. 2. An act of making legally null and void
  3. 4. The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  4. 5. Supreme court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
  5. 6. The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that or national Government.
  6. 7. The candidate from Tennessee