Lead up to the Civil War Terms
Across
- 3. Politician known for major compromises.
- 11. Machine that boosted cotton production and slavery.
- 15. Balanced free and slave states banned slavery north of 36°30.
- 17. Allowed territories to vote on slavery. popular sovereignty.
- 18. Movement to end slavery.
- 20. U.S. gained land reignited slavery debate.
- 22. Required return of escaped slaves; penalized helpers.
- 23. Legal freeing of enslaved people.
- 25. Abolitionist who led violent anti-slavery raids
- 26. Secret routes helping slaves escape to freedom.
- 27. Anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- 28. Enslaved people treated as property
- 29. Public sales of enslaved people.
- 30. Violent conflict over slavery in Kansas.
Down
- 1. Former slave, writer, and abolitionist leader.
- 2. People in a territory decide if slavery is allowed.
- 4. Effort to keep equal numbers of slave and free states.
- 5. Escaped slave who led others to freedom.
- 6. Denied citizenship to African Americans; Congress can't ban slavery in territories.
- 7. Hunted and returned escaped slaves.
- 8. Campaign to reduce alcohol use.
- 9. States claim power to reject federal laws
- 10. Abolitionist and women’s rights activist.
- 12. Reformer for mental health and prison conditions.
- 13. Admitted California free strengthened Fugitive Slave Act.
- 14. Religious revival inspiring social reforms.
- 16. Southern states leaving the Union before the Civil War.
- 19. Southern economy’s reliance on cotton and slavery.
- 21. Publisher of anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator.
- 24. U.S. opposed European interference in the Americas.