Civil War

3. A theory or position on an issue
8. John Browns abolitionists raided an arsenal so they could arm slaves for an uprising
9. 16th President, Republican lawyer who had served one term in the House of Representatives, eight years in the state legislature,
10. Senator from Michigan
11. They wanted to keep new territories and states free of slavery
12. Free slave denied by supreme court
13. Relief from an injury or wrongdoing
14. Essay written by Henry David Thoreau on the idea that people should refuse to follow the laws of a government when they seem unjust
17. Some Southern states threatened to secede when California applied to the Union as a free state
19. First shots fired here
20. Required Northern citizens to cooperate with and assist slave catcher
21. Having to do with an inauguration, the ceremony at which someone is sworn into office
22. Led a group in the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre of pro-slavery Kansans
23. The Great Compromiser

1. Inspired to write the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
2. Drop out of the Union
4. Authority of the people
5. Someone who dies for his or her beliefs
6. Suggested that slavery be banned in any territory acquired through the Mexican Cession
7. Part of an alliance or confederacy
15. To pillage and plunder
16. A part of a law that restricts something
18. A tough,lawless person; a bully