Civil War Causes: Compromises and People

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Across
  1. 3. Abolitionist who attempted violent slave revolt at Harper's Ferry.
  2. 4. Freedom
  3. 7. A deal/agreement in which each side gives up something to reach a solution
  4. 8. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote '________Tom's Cabin' that showed people how bad slavery was.
  5. 11. 1820 Compromise that added __________ as slave state, Maine as free. No slavery allowed above the line on the map.
  6. 13. People who wanted to end slavery.
  7. 15. Newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison that talked about ending slavery.
  8. 16. The Fugitive __________ Act said people in free states had to help return escaped slaves to owners.
  9. 17. The secret network to help slaves escape to freedom was called the __________ Railroad
  10. 18. The Compromise of 1850 added __________ as a free state and created a new Fugitive Slave Law.
  11. 19. Thought that slavery was important to the Southern economy; Would become President of the Confederate States that left the US
Down
  1. 1. Led enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
  2. 2. This 1854 Act said that said people in the __________ and Nebraska territories could vote to decide if they wanted slavery or not.
  3. 5. The idea that the people should choose to allow slavery or not, not the government, was called __________ Sovereignty
  4. 6. Someone who is running away or escaping
  5. 9. Former slave advocating for abolition and women's rights.
  6. 10. Violence between people who wanted slavery and did not want slavery was called "__________ Kansas"
  7. 12. President of the United States who opposed expansion of slavery but not complete equality.
  8. 14. Escaped slave who became a prominent speaker against slavery.
  9. 16. Slave who sued for freedom and lost his Supreme Court case.