Civil War Causes

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Across
  1. 3. The ____________ Compromise created a balance of free states and slave states in Congress
  2. 7. The North contained more milage of __________, making transportation easier
  3. 8. The idea that different regions of the country have different economies and societies
  4. 9. Through the Dred Scott case, African-Americans were legally no longer ___________ of the United States
  5. 11. _____________ Sovereignty: Voters decide on the legality of slavery in their state
  6. 12. The election of this President caused the Southern states to secede from the Union
  7. 14. The Compromise of 1850 extended slavery into this region gained from Mexico
Down
  1. 1. The Southern economy relied on slavery in this industry
  2. 2. The ____________ Slave Act compelled Northerners to assist Southern slavecatches even in free states
  3. 4. _____________ Kansas: Violence in Kansas to influence the vote on slavery
  4. 5. The __________-Nebraska act reversed the Missouri Compromise, opening up territory north of Missouri to slavery
  5. 6. Frederick Douglass was a famous ______________, or someone who called to abolish slavery
  6. 10. This section of the country had an economy reliant on manufacturing
  7. 13. Eleven Southern states __________ from the Union in the months following the Election of 1860