Causes of the Civil War

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Across
  1. 1. Delegates from Texas, Louisiana, Mississppi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina met to form a new nation (4)
  2. 6. Lincoln won the clear majority of the electoral votes even though his name did not appear on the ballots in most Southern states (3)
  3. 7. Withdraw from the Union(1)
  4. 8. The compromise dealt with the newly acquired territory in the southwest after the Mexican-American War (3)
  5. 13. Evened the balance of free and slave states (2)
  6. 14. To officially leave an organization (1)
  7. 15. Gave the "House Divided" Speech (2)
  8. 16. The United States continued to expand __________. (1)
  9. 18. A person who is running away from legal authority (1)
  10. 19. Allowing voters in each territory decide on whether to allow slavery (3)
  11. 20. The novel depicts the reality of slavery in the United States (3)
Down
  1. 2. John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe were all __________.(1)
  2. 3. States felt that the federal governments had broken their contract (The Constitution) with the Union and had the right to leave the Union (2)
  3. 4. Those who opposed slavery and left their party to form a new party (2)
  4. 5. Known as the Civil War in Kansas (2)
  5. 9. The economies in northern states moved away from farming during the _____________ (2)
  6. 10. Stated that anyone who helped a fugitive would be fined or imprisoned (3)
  7. 11. Armed pro-slavery supporters who crossed the Missouri border just to vote (2)
  8. 12. Sued for his freedom because his owner had taken him to live in territories where slavery was illegal (2)
  9. 17. Led an attack on Harpers Ferry (1)