Across
- 2. The belief that the US is meant to expand across North America.
- 6. First state to secede from the US.
- 8. Someone who is against slavery.
- 9. The election of this president caused the secession of many southern states.
- 10. The first president of the US.
- 11. The US paid $15M to double their land size, also the start of Westward Expansion.
- 13. This president signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
- 15. An abolitionist that fought in Bleeding Kansas and was executed for raiding Harper's Ferry.
Down
- 1. The law of the US, ratified in 1788.
- 3. This made it a responsibility for northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners.
- 4. This declared that "all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free"
- 5. A formal ceremony that swears someone into office as president.
- 7. Texas was admitted as a state in the US.
- 12. This book furthered the disapproval of slavery.
- 14. The first battle of the American Civil War.
