Across
- 4. the first state to secede from the Union
- 10. a compromise made to settle debates between the north and south stating California could enter the Union as a free state, but the northwest territory would use popular sovereignty to decide whether they are free or slave
- 11. South's view on the nation at the time
- 13. Union advantage
- 17. a book written to show the evils of slavery that angered the south, as they thought it was false
- 18. debate in which the winner would get a seat in the senate
- 24. Confederate advantage
- 25. an invention that helped separate cottons fiber from the seeds, increasing the production of cotton, and therefore slavery
- 26. presidential election won by Lincoln in 1860 which angered the south as they viewed Lincoln as a threat to slavery, their way of life
Down
- 1. Confederate advantage
- 2. 5 slave states that chose to stay in the Union including: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri
- 3. violence erupting in Kansas as a result of a race to determine the outcome of the election of whether it would be free or slave
- 5. military leader for the south that could not fight against his home state, Virginia
- 6. 11 states that seceded from the union including: Virginia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, and Mississippi
- 7. when the civil war officially started due to the battle at Ft. Sumter, where the south wanted to gain control of the fort, South Carolina was the first to attack
- 8. document proposing all new territory added to the U.S. will be free states
- 9. Union advantage
- 12. a law stating that all runaway slaves must be returned to the south and helping them escape to freedom would result in having to pay a fine or jail time
- 14. Union advantage
- 15. a radical abolitionist who tried to end slavery by giving weapons to slaves
- 16. president of the confederacy
- 19. capital of confederate states
- 20. the original 19 free states that wanted to prevent the south from starting their own country including: Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon
- 21. a court case where an African American was denied his freedom after his master died
- 22. a law deciding Kansas would use popular sovereignty to decide whether it would be free or slave
- 23. president of the Union