Antebellum Events/Causes of the Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. Loyalty to region over nation
  2. 6. Formally withdrawal, the South leaves the union
  3. 7. Machine that made cotton profitable
  4. 10. Wins the Election of 1860
  5. 12. Type of state where slavery is allowed
  6. 15. Opening battle of the Civil War in SC
  7. 16. Abolitionist who tried to incite a slave revolt in 1859.
  8. 18. Enslaved man who sued for his freedom, the Supreme Court ruled against him
  9. 19. Type of railroad that helped slaves escape to freedom
  10. 20. Law that said runaway slaves must be returned
  11. 21. Nation formed when the south seceded
  12. 22. __ Expansion, this opened the debate about allowing slavery in new areas
Down
  1. 1. Idea that PEOPLE have the power to decide on issues
  2. 3. Novel written that exposes the horrors of slavery
  3. 4. Type of person who fights to end slavery
  4. 5. Type of state where slavery is prohibited
  5. 8. Name for the North in the Civil War
  6. 9. Act that allowed for citizens in each state to decide if slavery was allowed, leads to violence
  7. 11. When one person owns another person. Leading cause of war
  8. 13. Agreement when both sides get part of what they want, "meet in the middle"
  9. 14. Large farms in the south
  10. 17. Famous Conductor of the UR