Antebellum to the Civil War

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Across
  1. 4. suggested that slavery be banned in new territory from Mexican War; threatened South political strength and independence and insulted South honor; never passed
  2. 6. 1793, Eli Whitney, could clean cotton 50 times faster than a slave
  3. 8. 1828 tariff so high that some argued it was unconstitutional; most of tax raised was paid for by South and spent by North
  4. 11. tariff reduced, but did not placate SC, who nullified it
  5. 12. 1846-48; caused by manifest destiny, annexation of Texas, and Texas border dispute; US victory gained new territories
  6. 13. secret system to help runaway slaves escape, Harriet Tubman helped 300 slaves escape to freedom
  7. 15. written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, grew abolition movement; inspired North to nullify the Fugitive Slave Law
  8. 16. North wanted Texas as a state, while South didn't; occurred 9 years after Texas' independence because of slavery issue
  9. 17. Maine would be a free state, Missouri would be a slave state, and South border of Missouri marked demarcation of future slave free states
  10. 18. those who desired protective tariffs, national bank, and internal improvements; questionable constitutionality of it created tension between North and South
  11. 19. beginning of the differences in meaning and interpretation of the Constitution; early evidence the gov't would try to expand powers at expense of the states
Down
  1. 1. radical anti-slavery newspaper that angered the South and moderate abolitionists; supported southern secession
  2. 2. judicial review; sign that federal gov't would expand powers at expense of states
  3. 3. Texas is shrunk and given 10 million in compensation; reduced talk of southern secession
  4. 5. what the Constitution doesn't prohibit it allows, sign that fed gov't will extend powers at expense of states
  5. 7. slave uprising in 1831; led to tighter controls and stricter laws governing slavery
  6. 9. rapid increase of population led CA to seek admission to Union, renewing sectional tension between the North and South
  7. 10. divide Nebraska into Nebraska and Kansas; slavery would be settled by popular sovereignty
  8. 14. goal to end slavery, started soon after declaring independence; man can and should solve society's ills; gradual, instant, manumission, recolonization