Unit 7- Causes of the Civil War

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Across
  1. 1. The act of _____ the Union is called secession. (Week 24)
  2. 5. The Kansas- ________ Act allowed the people to vote for or against legalized slavery. (Week 21)
  3. 8. Jefferson Davis was the _____ of the Confederate States of America. (Week 24)
  4. 9. The Election of 1860 was unusal because it had _____ candidates. (Week 23)
  5. 11. An enslaved person who was caught running away would face severe _____ or even death.(Week 22)
  6. 13. ______ Tubman was connected with the Underground Railroad. (Week 22)
  7. 14. Each candidate in the election of 1860 had a different view on slavery. (Week 23)
  8. 15. Freedom-seeking enslaved people were called "________" on the Underground Railroad.(Week 22)
  9. 16. The Dredd ______ decision by the Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were property, not citizens. (Week 21)
Down
  1. 2. _____-based economy is an economy that depends on producing crops.(Week 20)
  2. 3. The rich soil and climate made the South ideal for agriculture and _______ crops like cotton. (Week 20)
  3. 4. The name of the country formed by the Southern states was the _______ States of America. (Week 24)
  4. 6. The firing on Fort ______ in South Carolina marked the start of the Civil War. (Week 24)
  5. 7. Lincoln wrote, "I do no more than ______ the extension of slavery." (Week 23)
  6. 10. The ____-Fifths Compromise was the name of the compromise at the Constitutional Convention that kept slavery legal. (Week 21)
  7. 12. The addition of new _______ to the country was a major source of disagreement between the North and South because it was unknown if they would allow slavery or not.(Week 20)