Across
- 5. Won the election of 1860 for the north
- 6. Election of 1856 Republican nominee
- 8. idea that government is subject to the will of the people
- 9. Nickname given to the American Party
- 10. Act that divided the Nebraska Territory into two
- 11. Law used to reclaim runaway slaves
- 12. Mexican-American war hero nominated by the Whigs in 1848
- 13. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
- 14. Land purchase of present day Arizona and New Mexico
Down
- 1. Territory where slavery is prohibited
- 2. Party that attempted to unite all who opposed the extension of slavery
- 3. Northern men malleable enough to champion southern causes
- 4. Series of secret "stations" used to help slaves escape to Canada
- 7. Democrat nominee in election of 1860, opposed Lincoln
- 11. Party formed by antislavery Whigs and antislavery democrats in 1848