Across
- 3. / senator from kentucky worked on his last compromise in 1850
- 4. / was the first republican candidate for president even though he didn’t win the election
- 8. / senator from illinois who helped clay get the compromise of 1850 passed created the kansas nebraska act
- 9. / missouri slave who began his legal quest in 1846 to gain his freedom
- 11. / democrat elected president in 1856 spoke against secession but did nothing to stop it
- 12. / senator from massachusetts who fought to for the passage of the compromise of 1850
Down
- 1. / senator from south carolina who made his final defense of the south and slavery in the senate debates for the compromise of 1850
- 2. / former senator from mississippi who became the only president of the confederate states of america
- 5. / lawyer from illinois who debated douglas for the illinois senate seat in 1858 ran for president
- 6. / chief justice of the us supreme court who wrote the decision in the dred scott case
- 7. / kansas abolitionist who led raids against a pro slave town killing 5 men lead the attack on harper’s ferry
- 10. / born into slavery most famous conductor on the underground railroad