Across
- 2. term that means to leave
- 6. idea that residents of a territory should decide on the status of slavery (2 words/no space)
- 9. a former senator from Mississippi chosen as the first president of the Confederacy
- 11. 5 proposals by Henry Clay, collectively known as the ________ of 1850
- 12. Senator who ran against Lincoln in Illinois in the 1850s
- 13. nickname given to the bloody fighting that broke out in the dissension-torn Kansas territory (2 words, no space)
- 15. fanatical abolitionist that led several violent conflicts in his desire to end slavery
- 16. was the slave of an army surgeon that ultimately attempted to sue for his freedom (2 words/no space)
- 21. required the return of runaway slaves to bondage, became a powerful emotional tool of abolitionists (3 words, no space)
- 25. argued that slave owners have the same constitutional protection of their property (ie slaves) in the territories as in their home states (2 words/no spaces)
- 26. won a lopsided electoral victory in both the South and North in 1852
- 27. massacre that occurred by John Brown and his men in May 1856
Down
- 1. those who favored leaving slavery alone in the South where it already existed but opposed its extension into the territories (hyphenated term)
- 3. challenger to Douglas in the 1850s, ultimately won the presidency in 1860
- 4. first state to officially leave the Union in response to the election of 1860 (2 words/no space)
- 5. the real successor to the Whigs, began as a generally "anti-slavery party"
- 7. hero of the Mexican War, elected as president in 1848
- 8. location of John Brown's raid on the US arsenal that ultimately led to his capture and execution (2 words/no space)
- 10. legislation that proposed organizing two territories, but led to increase conflict and violence in the region (hyphenated term)
- 14. town in Kansas that was sacked during the violence in May 1856
- 17. better known name of the American party that capitalized on the fears of immigrants and resentment to the Kansas-Nebraska Act (hyphenated term)
- 18. author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the most influential piece of propaganda since Common Sense
- 19. bill that proposed that the US prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico (2 words/no space)
- 20. a lackluster if accomplished legislator who won the presidency in 1856
- 21. the most radical Southerners who advocated the South's leaving the Union (hyphenated term)
- 22. fort that was fired upon officially beginning the US Civil War
- 23. Congressman who was attacked by Preston Brooks over the issue of slavery
- 24. event that led thousands of individuals to California (2 words/no space)