Across
- 2. The freedom of all slaves
- 3. they were considered property and one of the main reason of the civil war
- 5. it was one of the major political parties that existed in 1830s-1855 it transformed into the republican party.
- 6. A nominee of the democratic party and was a lawyer and politician from Illinois
- 7. The confederates seceded from this and eventually the confederates would fight them
- 9. The winner of the 1860 election united the states after a war
- 11. The principle of authority for the government among the people
- 12. It was the major turning point in the civil war
Down
- 1. A law that passed that allowed slaves to be returned to their owners when the slaves were in a free state
- 4. when former members of the whig party created the party to oppose andrew jackson and to oppose the spread of slavery.
- 8. This party was represented by stephen douglas and john breckinridge.It caused a split between the party within
- 10. The US states that seceded from the union eventually a war would break out between them and the union