The Antebellum Years

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Across
  1. 3. This book helped many people to understand the evils of slavery.
  2. 4. The North had many factories producing clothes and textiles, which helped its ___________ to grow.
  3. 5. The _______________ of the United States is approximately 300 million people.
  4. 8. I hate living in the city, so I bought a house in a __________ area.
  5. 12. This agreement helped hold off the Civil War for forty years. It allowed Maine to enter the US as a free state, and another state to enter as a slave state.
  6. 15. A former slave who became famous for his speeches and writing
  7. 16. The North had much more of this than the South, so they were able to move goods and supplies more quickly.
  8. 17. Sisters who grew up as wealthy slaveholders but became abolitionists
  9. 18. Attacked a senator with a cane.
  10. 19. This agreement made California a free state, banned slavery in DC, and created the Fugitive Slave Act.
  11. 20. If you wanted to end slavery, you would be called an ______________.
  12. 21. My brother wants to be a farmer, so I suggested that he study _______________.
Down
  1. 1. In the ___________________ time, the North and South were divided over many issues.
  2. 2. This law made it so that escaped slaves, even in free states, had to be sent back to their masters.
  3. 5. Many wealthy people in the South owned ________________.
  4. 6. This abolitionist seized an arsenal of weapons and planned to end slavery through violence.
  5. 7. Allowed for popular sovereignty in two states
  6. 9. During the antebellum years, many people ____________ to the cities to find new jobs.
  7. 10. This slave tried to sue for his freedom, but lost.
  8. 11. This former slave fought for women's and slave rights, and gave the famous speech "Ain't I A Woman?"
  9. 13. I learned _____________ in school, so that I would understand more about how money is made and moved in this country.
  10. 14. Editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator
  11. 22. My cousin moved to an ____________ area, because she loves skyscrapers and being surrounded by many people.