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