Across
- 6. a political party united against the spread of slavery in the West.
- 9. made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas.
- 11. a little-known politician from New Hampshire.
- 13. favoring the interests of one section or region over the interests of the entire country.
Down
- 1. the idea that political power belongs to the people, who should decide on banning or allowing slavery.
- 2. a document stating that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of [the] territory.
- 3. which supported the Wilmot Proviso.
- 4. warned that a future Court ruling
- 5. a relative of Butler’s, responded strongly.
- 7. a plan that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories
- 8. formally withdraw—from the Union.
- 10. supported the idea of building a railroad to the Pacific Ocean
- 12. a fugitive slave from Virginia, was arrested in Boston.
- 14. Massachusetts criticized pro-slavery people in Kansas and personally insulted Andrew Pickens Butler, a pro-slavery senator from South Carolina.