Across
- 3. clay lawyer in kentucky and member of Thomas Jefferson’s Republican Party
- 4. states that did not allow slavery
- 5. laws that forbid people from discussing or debating particular topics
- 8. Douglas power United States senator who infused the nation debate about slavery
- 9. violent confrontation in 1856 between proslavery and anti slavery
- 10. northern and western states that fought against the confederacy
- 12. sovereignty belief that the political power of nation or state comes from the consent of the people
- 13. played an important role in the settlement of the west
- 14. political theatre that some states rights advocates held in the late 1700s and early 1800s
Down
- 1. state in which slaver was legal
- 2. eaters group of southern proslavery extremist
- 6. one of the two major political parties in the US
- 7. Webster a lawyer and member of congress
- 11. brown an abolitionist who believed that he needed to take extreme action to help slavery