Toward Civil War

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Across
  1. 6. Part of the compromise of 1850. (3 words)
  2. 8. A proposal that would ban slavery in any land acquired from Mexico. (2 words)
  3. 9. a particular method for deciding the question of slavery in a place. (2 words)
  4. 10. Know-Nothings nomination for president in 1856.
  5. 11. In 1844, Democrats nominated _________ for president.
  6. 12. John Brown led a group on a raid to this town in VA. (2 words)
  7. 14. First state to secede from the union.
  8. 15. __________ guns opened fire on April 12, 1861.
  9. 19. wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites.
  10. 22. a person who dies for a great cause.
  11. 24. War between citizens of the same country.
  12. 25. To refuse to accept.
Down
  1. 1. Democratic nomination for president in 1856.
  2. 2. A person who is running away from legal authority.
  3. 3. Theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their most important affairs. (2 words)
  4. 4. Preserved the balance between slave and free states. (2 words)
  5. 5. Commander who ordered the first attack of the Civil War.
  6. 6. The place where the first shots of the Civil War where fired.(2 Words)
  7. 7. Virginian who expressed concerns about secession. (full name)
  8. 13. Slavery supporters attacked this town in May 1856.
  9. 16. California's candidate for president in 1856.
  10. 17. The issue of slavery split this party.
  11. 18. Where delegates met to form Confederate states.
  12. 20. To control.
  13. 21. claimed he was free since he lived in areas where slavery was illegal.
  14. 23. ruled against the slaves case, said he was an enslaved person.