Civil War Crossword

3. He proposed the Compromise of 1850
4. the people decide by State, on whether slavery should be allowed in territories through voting
10. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Dred Scott decision was made
12. Massachusetts Senator beaten nearly to death on the floor of the U.S. Senate
14. People aligning themselves more with the region of the country they live in rather than the nation as a whole
18. Ruled slaves were property, not people with rights
19. The author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin that persuaded people to want to end slavery.
20. this law stated that escaped slaves must be returned to masters

1. First state to secede/leave the Union in 1860
2. President of the Confederate States of America, in the south 1861 - 1865
5. The "Little Giant."
6. Southern Democrat that received 72 electoral votes in the presidential election of 1860
7. April 12th, 1861- Confederate soldiers firing on this fort initiated the Civil War
8. people believed that since the states voluntarily joined the Union, they can also choose to leave
9. President of the U.S. from 1861-1865
11. The election Abraham Lincoln won because the Democratic party in the South was split over slavery
13. A person who dies for a cause or belief
15. 15th President of the U.S.
16. He sued for his freedom and the Supreme Court declared that slaves are property, not people
17. #1 Cash Crop in the South in the 1800s