Causes of the Civil War

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Across
  1. 4. – The act of freeing enslaved people
  2. 7. – An agreement that attempts to settle a dispute
  3. 8. – Movement to end slavery in the U.S.
  4. 11. Tubman – Famous conductor on the Underground Railroad
  5. 12. Douglas – Lincoln’s rival, supporter of popular sovereignty
  6. 14. Soil – Belief that new territories should be slavery-free
  7. 16. – Loyalty to one’s region over the country
  8. 17. – Large Southern farms using slave labor
  9. 20. Compromise – 1820 agreement limiting slavery’s expansion
  10. 24. Beecher Stowe – Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  11. 25. Codes – Laws controlling enslaved people’s lives
  12. 26. of 1860 – Event that triggered Southern secession
  13. 29. North – Region with factories and free labor
  14. 31. – The nation’s foundational legal document
  15. 34. Tom’s Cabin – Influential anti-slavery novel published in 1852
  16. 35. Lincoln – Elected president in 1860, opposed slavery’s spread
  17. 37. Scott – Enslaved man who sued for his freedom
  18. 40. Act – 1854 law allowing popular sovereignty in new territories
Down
  1. 1. – Division of power between national and state governments
  2. 2. Rights – Belief that states had authority over federal laws
  3. 3. Debates – 1858 debates focused on slavery and state rights
  4. 5. South – Region reliant on farming and slavery
  5. 6. – System that kept millions of African Americans in bondage
  6. 9. Ferry – Site of John Brown’s failed 1859 raid
  7. 10. – Withdrawal of states from the Union
  8. 13. – Idea that states could reject federal laws
  9. 15. Brown – Radical abolitionist who led violent uprisings
  10. 18. – The North during the Civil War
  11. 19. Ruffians – Pro-slavery activists from Missouri who fought in Kansas
  12. 21. Kansas – Violent clashes over slavery in a U.S. territory
  13. 22. War – Conflict between North and South from 1861–1865
  14. 23. Slave Act – Law requiring return of escaped slaves
  15. 27. – Government formed by seceded Southern states
  16. 28. Justice Taney – Delivered the Dred Scott decision
  17. 30. Court – Ruled that slaves were property in 1857
  18. 32. Railroad – Secret network that helped enslaved people escape
  19. 33. Sovereignty – Letting settlers decide on slavery themselves
  20. 36. Party – Political group formed to oppose slavery’s expansion
  21. 38. – A person who dies for a cause
  22. 39. – Taxes that favored Northern industries