Across
- 2. where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon
- 5. the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
- 6. – 1865) - The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union
- 7. election Southern states seceded from the Union. -
- 8. in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
- 10. eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
- 13. of 1850.
- 14. position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the
- 15. machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton
- 16. - important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia
- 17. - Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
- 19. in the United States.
Down
- 1. (1850) - act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught
- 3. (1820) - compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and
- 4. as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.
- 9. act of making legally null and void.
- 11. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the
- 12. and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.).
- 18. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal