Prelude to Civil War
Across
- 4. famous conductor on the Underground Railroad
- 5. suffragists made this declaration that "all men AND women were created equal."
- 6. fighting in kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters
- 9. tax on imports and exports
- 12. manufacturing raw materials into goods
- 14. abolitionist led rebellion at Harpers Ferry; was executed for treason
- 16. Abolitionist and suffragist
- 19. law passed in Compromise of 1850, slave masters could capture escaped slaves and bring them back to their plantations
- 22. compromise in 1820; admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state
- 23. abolitionist newspaper
- 24. Senator known as the Great Compromiser
Down
- 1. wrote novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- 2. abolitionist and was a former slave
- 3. the people vote
- 7. Act that repealed Missouri Compromise by allowing popular sovereignty; resulted in fighting
- 8. to formally leave a country
- 10. farming
- 11. Network of abolitionists that helped escaped slaves to freedom
- 13. to cancel
- 15. to agree or settle a disagreement
- 17. to resist or fight against authority
- 18. lead a slave rebellion in Va
- 20. right to vote
- 21. Admitted California as a free state and allowed other territories popular sovereignty