Antebellum to the Civil War

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