Ch. 14 The Divided Nation

3. first southern state to secede from the union
8. His debates with Douglas won him fame as an opponent of slavery.
11. Chief Justice wrote the controversial Supreme Court decision Dred Scott v Sanford.
13. Uncle Tom's ________, written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
14. The battle at _____ _________ in 1861 marked the beginning of the Civil War.
15. readily accept
16. to withdraw
18. set apart or separate
19. Henry ______ Proposed the Compromise of 1850 to deal with the crisis over slavery.

1. dispute or argument
2. Stephen Douglas thought the issue of slavery should be left up to the ________.
4. ______ war is where people fight within the same country
5. Jefferson _______ was president of the Confederate States of America
6. John _______ led a raid on U.S. army weapons in Harper's Ferry that created tension for proslavery & abolitionists.
7. Stephen __________ was a candidate for senate supported popular sovereignty for western territories
9. runaway enslaved people
10. false or misleading information
12. enslaved person sued for his freedom
14. law where northerners assisted with the arrest of any person accused with being a runaway slave.
17. to make clear