Expansion & Civil War Era

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Across
  1. 3. 1850 agreement meant to ease tensions between North and South
  2. 7. Name for the Southern states that seceded from the Union
  3. 10. Secret network that helped enslaved people reach freedom in the North or Canada
  4. 12. 1820 agreement that balanced free and slave states
  5. 14. Bloody Civil War battle in Maryland in 1862
  6. 15. First battle of the Civil War, fired upon a federal fort in South Carolina
  7. 16. 1850 agreement meant to ease tensions between North and South
Down
  1. 1. Supreme Court case ruling that African Americans were not citizens
  2. 2. 1854 law that allowed popular sovereignty in territories
  3. 4. Route used by settlers traveling west across the United States
  4. 5. Abolitionist who led a raid on Harper’s Ferry
  5. 6. Name for the Northern states during the Civil War
  6. 8. U.S. president who led the nation during the Civil War
  7. 9. Pennsylvania battle site where Lincoln gave a famous speech
  8. 11. Conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped enslaved people escape
  9. 13. Belief that the United States should expand westward