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