Pre-Civil War Key Words Crossword (Some may be more than one word.)
Across
- 2. Led raid on Harpers Ferry.
- 3. Designed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- 5. Northerner who sympathized with South.
- 6. Abolitionist novel published in 1852.
- 11. Country's name of seceded states.
- 18. Became president after President Taylor.
- 19. Started in California in 1849.
- 20. Political party founded in 1854.
Down
- 1. Murder of five in Kansas.
- 4. Acquisition of region in Arizona.
- 7. People control and rule government.
- 8. Agreement alleviating slavery in U.S.
- 9. Called "Pathfinder of the West."
- 10. Divided Kansas and Nebraska.
- 12. Founded by anti-slavery Whigs/Democrats.
- 13. People eager to secede.
- 14. First shots of Civil War.
- 15. Regulated slavery in western territories.
- 16. 16th president of the U.S.
- 17. First state to secede.