Toward Civil War

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