Lead up to the Civil War Terms

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