Across
- 4. - Actions that deny people their rights because of prejudice
- 5. - A person responsible for assigning work and supervising slaves
- 6. Sovereignty - The right of people living in a territory to decide whether to be a free or slave state
- 9. States - States that permitted slavery
- 10. - The period before the Civil War
- 13. - When people in one area think their ideas are correct or more important than those of another area
- 14. States of America - The name of the government formed by the southern states in 1861 when they seceded from the Union
- 17. States - States that did not permit slavery
Down
- 1. - People who worked to abolish slavery
- 2. - An arms storehouse
- 3. Code - A set of laws that defined social, economic, an physical limitations placed on slaves
- 7. Railroad - Network of homes, farms, and churches from the South to the North and Canada where runaway slaves could rest and hide from slave catchers
- 8. - The act of pulling or breaking away
- 11. Rights - The idea that powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution belong to each state
- 12. - A slave placed in charge of other slaves
- 15. - A tax on imported goods
- 16. Soilers - People who did not want slavery extended into western territories