Causes of the Civil War

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Across
  1. 5. this word means "before war" and is used to describe the time period leading up to the Civil War.
  2. 6. The intense divide between the three major regions of the US prior to the Civil War
  3. 8. The desire to ban all slavery everywhere
  4. 10. ___ of 1820 Missouri is a slave state. Maine is a free state. 36’30⁰ Line is established. no slavery allowed above it; slavery okay below it.
  5. 12. Gave Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty. Resulted in Bleeding Kansas (a bloody feud between pro and anti-slavery forces)
  6. 14. When Texas was added to the US, it was in a border dispute with Mexico. Zach Taylor went into the disputed area, triggering this war. The US won the disputed land and forced Mexico to sell the US the Mexican Cession
  7. 15. The belief that slavery should be voted on in new states (South)
  8. 16. Wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” which showed the horrors of slavery to northern readers
  9. 17. The belief God’s willed US to expand west, justifying aggressively taking land. Resulted in renewed debates about the expansion of slavery.
Down
  1. 1. This man raided of Harper’s Ferry, which was an armory in an attempt to lead an armed slave revolt
  2. 2. Proviso A proposal to make the entire Mexican Cession Free-Soil. It did not pass
  3. 3. The belief that slavery should be banned in new states (North)
  4. 4. Editor of the abolitionist newspaper “The Liberator”
  5. 7. Thomas Jefferson bought it from France. It doubled the size of the US, gave the US control of the Mississippi River and got France out of North America.
  6. 9. ____ tried to sue his master’s widow for his freedom, but the case was thrown out because slaves are considered property and property cannot sue
  7. 11. Caused SC to secede, starting the Civil War
  8. 13. ___ of 1850. California is a free state. The rest of the Mexican Cession gets popular sovereignty. The Fugitive Slave Act: forces all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.