Across
- 6. Candidate chosen by Southern Democrats in the election of 1860
- 8. Andrew Jackson’s vice president who believed protective tariffs were unconstitutional
- 9. action or law that violates the Constitution
- 10. when people from one section of the country promote their needs and ignore the needs of another section of the country
- 12. allowed slavery in western territories that were previously excluded from it by the Missouri Compromise
- 15. law passed by congress that limited slavery in the land gained by the Louisiana Purchase
- 16. a tax on foreign goods that made imports more expensive than goods manufactured at home
- 17. elected president in 1860 and 1864; Lincoln showed good leadership during the Civil War
Down
- 1. Democratic senator from Illinois who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- 2. elected president in 1856 because he didn’t take a stand against slavery
- 3. when each side is evenly matched
- 4. Supreme Court decision that allowed slaves in any territory
- 5. Senator from Kentucky who worked on compromises regarding the issue of slavery
- 7. the idea that people in a territory should decide the issue of slavery by voting
- 11. a government tax on goods brought into the country
- 13. to stop being part of a nation
- 14. Formed in the 1850s and focused on stopping the spread of slavery