Road to the Civil War

2. As a newspaper editor in Alton, Illinois, he died in defense of his right to print antislavery material.
5. He was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
6. He sued for his freedom, and his Supreme Court case became one of the most infamous in U.S. history.
8. This state became a battleground over the expansion of slavery. It even had the word "bleeding" attached to it at the time.
11. Born Araminta Ross, she escaped enslavement and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
16. This was the secret network to help people escape enslavement.
17. This is the name of a state that was between the North and the South during the Civil War.
18. This is the name of a person who runs away from legal authority.
19. He was an abolitionist who was put to death after raiding the Harpers Ferry arsenal.
21. Passed by Congress in 1850, this law provided for the return of people who escaped enslavement.
22. He was eleventh president who saw the U.S. expand to the Pacific Ocean.
23. This is the name of a storage site for weapons. John Brown and his men raided one oif these at Harpers Ferry.
24. This is a type of war between citizens of the same country.
26. This was the first state to secede from the United States.
28. He was the fourteenth president of the United States.

1. Fought from 1846 to 1848, this was a war between the U.S. and Mexico.
3. Born in Pennsylvania, he is often considered one of the worst presidents in U.S. history.
4. Abolitionist, statesman, orator. He escaped enslavement and became a world-famous speaker.
7. This means to formally end ties with a country.
9. Born with the first name Isabella, she became an outspoken reformer in the abolitionist and women's rights movements.
10. This person defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois Senate race.
12. This was the Illinois city in which Elijah Lovejoy had his printing press.
13. This is the name of a person who dies or suffers for a cause.
14. She was the author of the antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
15. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort in South Carolina.
20. Abraham Lincoln was the first president from this political party.
25. Born in Kentucky, he became the sixteenth president of the United States.
27. This is the name of a person who is against slavery.