Lead up to the civil war
Across
- 3. The act of being freed from a group or slavery entirely.
- 5. A compromise that had added California to the free states.
- 8. The idea that all slaves should be free.
- 9. the ability of a state to be able to deem a law unconstitutional.
- 13. A book that talked about the cruelty of slavery.
- 14. American statesman and lawyer who represented Kentucky.
- 16. The ability for U.S. citizens to be able to vote for what type of state they want to be.
- 17. An act which let settlers decide what types of states these two would be.
- 19. The decision to deny citizenship to a couple who were in a free state until moved to a slave state.
- 20. American social reformer, abolitionist, writer and statesman.
Down
- 1. A war between two neighboring countries that ended up with America gaining more land.
- 2. An invention that could separate cotton from its seed.
- 4. A law that made the north give away any slaves tying to escape to Canada.
- 6. An abolitionist that took over an armory with some farmers.
- 7. A compromise that added a border where slave states couldn't be made.
- 10. Slaves were considered legal property of their owners.
- 11. The term used to identify when people were killing each other in a new state from 1855-1895.
- 12. A series of routs that lead slaves to freedom.
- 15. An agricultural product that increased the need for slavery.
- 18. The withdraw of a group or state from a union or larger group.