Across
- 5. the crime of betraying one's country
- 9. type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces
- 10. derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri
- 11. American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky
- 12. a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
- 13. unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery
- 15. a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding
- 17. created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
- 18. withdrawal of a group from a larger entity
- 19. anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
Down
- 1. American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina
- 2. issue of slavery and territorial expansion
- 3. American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire
- 4. federal union and southern states that voted to secede
- 6. a civil legal action by one person or entity
- 7. government based on consent of the people
- 8. short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854
- 12. balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
- 14. act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
- 16. a collection of weapons and military equipment