From Slavery to Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. The nickname given to Harriet Tubman by many slaves and abolitionists
  2. 6. The state Harriet Tubman was born in
  3. 8. The states that were in the South, supported slavery, and seceded during the Civil War
  4. 9. The economy in the North was based on ______.
  5. 10. to break away from
  6. 12. Large agricultural fields on which slave labor was used to grow cash crops in the South
  7. 14. People who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  8. 16. This novel, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, vividly described the violence and cruelty of slavery. As a result, it inspired feelings of antislavery in the North and angered slave owners in the South
  9. 18. This conductor of the Underground Railroad helped fugitive slaves traveling through Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He interviewed the slaves he met and recorded their stories
  10. 20. The states that were in the North, opposed slavery, and fought to preserve the United States during the Civil War
Down
  1. 1. Treating someone differently or unfairly based on something other than individual merit, such as race or gender
  2. 3. In 1850, this act forced citizens to return any runaway slaves, and anyone who helped a runaway slave could be punished with a $1,000 fine or six months in prison
  3. 4. A loose network of routes, hiding places, and people who helped enslaved African Americans escape from southern states to freedom
  4. 5. The border state located above Tennessee
  5. 7. Slave states that did not secede from the Union
  6. 11. the President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863
  7. 13. People who made a living by tracking fugitives and returning runaway slaves to their owners
  8. 15. a type of war fought between citizens of the same country
  9. 17. People who guided or transported slaves to the next "station" of the Underground Railroad
  10. 19. A cash crop grown on Southern plantations