Unit 1 Vocabulary - Causes of Civil War (15/20)

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Across
  1. 3. a state that allowed slavery.
  2. 7. a person who fought against slavery.
  3. 10. laws that denied slaves their basic human rights.
  4. 11. name given to the southern states who fought the northern states in the American Civil War.
  5. 12. a state that did not allow slavery.
  6. 13. is a settlement of differences.
  7. 14. a law that provided for the capture and return of escaped enslaved persons to their owners.
Down
  1. 1. a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom.
  2. 2. The Underground Railroad was a network of people, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people
  3. 3. an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
  4. 4. allowed Missouri to join the union as a slave state and outlawed slavery in any territories north of Missouri ’s southern border.
  5. 5. allowed California to enter the Union as a free state & allowed Utah & New Mexico to decide for themselves.
  6. 6. 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves
  7. 8. a rise in rebellion.
  8. 9. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.