Western Expansion & Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. Abolished Slavery in United States
  2. 5. Election in which Abraham Lincoln was declared President
  3. 6. Occured as a result of the United States' annexation of Texas
  4. 7. Debate over the legalization of slavery in Kansas; led to series of violent confrontations
  5. 9. Followed the secession of the southern states; caused by conflict concerning slavery & western expansion
  6. 10. Replaced Missouri Compromise
Down
  1. 1. Executive order that declared the freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States
  2. 3. Responsible for assassination of President Lincoln
  3. 4. Provided United States with landed needed for southern transcontinental railroad
  4. 8. Founder of the Red Cross; served as a nurse in Civil War