The Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. Thousands of people rushed into Kansas to vote, lots of violence and death followed
  2. 9. Plan made by Henry Clay after California applied as a free state and southern states threatened to secede, was passed into a law by Millard Fillmore
  3. 10. The ceremony at which someone is sworn into office
  4. 12. When Lincoln was sworn into office, he made a speech about the difference between legal Redress and revolutionary actions, the CSA not actually existing, Federal property in the South remaining federal property, war being unreasonable, and other subjects.
  5. 14. A tough, lawless person/bully
  6. 16. Releif from an injury or wrongdoing
  7. 17. An essay written by Henry David Thorean on the idea that people should refuse to follow the laws or commands of a government when they seem unjust.
  8. 18. A series of debates held between Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during which Lincoln gave his famous "House Divided" speech
  9. 20. The Free-Soil party was formed and they nominated Martin Van Buren, who lost against the Whig candidate Zachary Taylor
Down
  1. 1. To pillage and to plunder
  2. 2. Proposition made by Stephen A. Douglas that would allow popular sovereignty to determine if Kansas and Nebraska would enter as free or slave states.
  3. 4. Rule requiring Northerners to return runaway slaves
  4. 5. David Wilmot proposed that slavery be banned in any territory acquired through the Mexican Cession
  5. 6. Election in which Northern Democrats nominated Stephen Douglas, the Southern Democrats chose John Breckinridge, a new party called the Constitutional Union Party nominated John Bell, and Lincoln was nominated by the Republican Party and won the election.
  6. 7. In the senate, Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a cane after his criticism of pro-slavery people
  7. 8. Raid led by John Brown to arm slaves, but he was caught and hanged
  8. 11. The antislavery Whigs, Free-Soiler, and Northern Democrats combined to create the Republican Party. They nominated John C. Freemont against the democrats' James Buchanan, who ended up winning, and the Know-Nothing party nominated Millard Fillmore.
  9. 13. Slave who sued for his freedom after living in a free state
  10. 15. South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia left the nation and formed their own government led by Jefferson Davis
  11. 19. After ideas voiced by Lincoln, South Carolina left the nation