Across
- 1. Slave who sued for freedom
- 4. Famous Illinois lawyer and president
- 6. Chief Justice in controversial 1857 case
- 7. Harriet Beecher Stowe novel
- 8. Acquisition of 30,000 square miles of land
- 13. New nation formed by southern states
- 14. Other political party in south
- 15. Michigan senator in 1847
Down
- 1. Northern men championing southern causes
- 2. One of two southern political parties
- 3. Series of "stations" on the way to Canada
- 5. Tried to calm Lincoln-election fears
- 9. "Pathfinder of the West"
- 10. Daughter of Thomas Hart Benson
- 11. Mexican-American War hero
- 12. South Carolina senator in 1874