Across
- 3. This person said, "An express and fundamental condition of the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico... neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory.
- 6. A federal fort on an island in Charleston Harbor.
- 7. This invention magnified the difference between the North and the South.
- 8. Got the most support from the North. The first president of this party was Abraham Lincoln.
- 10. A movement to ensure that native born Americans received better treatment than immigrants. This was one of the factors that brought down the Whigs.
- 11. This invention dramatically reduced the cost and time needed to ship goods from a factory or farm to the marketplace.
- 12. The Supreme Court's most controversial decisions in U.S. history.
- 15. Obvious or undeniable fate.
Down
- 1. Got the most support from the South. The first president of this party was John Buchanan.
- 2. This allowed people to decide to have slavery in their territory or to ban slavery in their territory.
- 4. These people worked to end slavery in the territories.
- 5. A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which offered antislavery forces new engagement to invest in the slavery system.
- 9. The South used the 10th Amendment to defend the idea of ___________ and therefore slavery.
- 13. A law that would make all citizens of the United States to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escaped from their owners. It would also deny a jury trial to escaped slaves.
- 14. Those who wanted the South to secede, argued that since states had voluntarily joined the United States, could also choose to leave it.