Pre-Civil War Key Words Crossword (Some may be more than one word.)

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Across
  1. 4. Acquisition of region in Arizona.
  2. 5. People eager to secede.
  3. 6. Agreement alleviating slavery in U.S.
  4. 9. Started in California in 1849.
  5. 12. Country's name of seceded states.
  6. 16. Political party founded in 1854.
  7. 17. Northerner who sympathized with South.
  8. 18. 16th president of the U.S.
  9. 20. First state to secede.
Down
  1. 1. Abolitionist novel published in 1852.
  2. 2. Murder of five in Kansas.
  3. 3. People control and rule government.
  4. 7. Called "Pathfinder of the West."
  5. 8. Founded by anti-slavery Whigs/Democrats.
  6. 10. Divided Kansas and Nebraska.
  7. 11. Regulated slavery in western territories.
  8. 13. First shots of Civil War.
  9. 14. Designed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  10. 15. Became president after President Taylor.
  11. 19. Led raid on Harpers Ferry.