Unit Four Part Two Review

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Across
  1. 1. This term means to leave
  2. 5. This individual was known as "Moses" to the African Americans and returned to the South 19 times after her own escape to save hundreds of others.
  3. 7. In February 1861, the ___ ___ ___ ___ are born. (4 words/no spaces)
  4. 11. This river is where the US believed the border with Mexico to be. (2 words/no spaces)
  5. 12. This war, fought from 1846-1848, was fought due to America's desire to expand and because of a border dispute between the two countries. (hyphenated term, must include -)
  6. 13. After the Compromise of 1850, the decision on whether new states would be free states or slave states was left up to ___ ___, so many people flooded the area to vote based on their own opinions on the legality of slavery. (2 words/no spaces)
  7. 15. This individual was elected as president in 1860, much to the dismay of the South. His election would led to the southern states to begin to secede from the Union leading to the start of the Civil War.
  8. 18. This was the first state to secede from the Union, it would be followed by 10 other southern states. (2 words/no spaces)
  9. 20. A ___ ___ was a person who believed that slavery should not be expanded to the new western territories. (2 words/no spaces)
  10. 21. This was a series of safe houses that allowed runaway slaves to escape to the North to gain their freedom. (2 words/no spaces)
  11. 22. This invention by Eli Whitney made cotton (and slaves) much more valuable since it could process cotton much more quickly. (2 words/no spaces)
  12. 24. This individual became the best known African American of the time period. He was a runaway who could read and write, eventually writing a famous autobiography and meeting President Lincoln.
  13. 27. This was the most dreaded event for enslaved African Americans, it would lead to the separation of countless families. Many of whom would never see one another again. (2 words/no spaces)
  14. 28. The American Civil War would ultimately last ____ years, and would result in more lives lost than in all other American wars put together.
Down
  1. 2. Crop that created an economic boom in the South.
  2. 3. The ___ ___ led America to begin to move away from a reliance on agriculture and resulted in the creation of factories that employed both men and women. (2 words/no spaces)
  3. 4. The annexation of this republic was one of the causes of the Mexican-American War.
  4. 6. This is the location of John Brown's failed attempt in leading a slave revolt that would lead to the end of slavery. Ultimately no slaves showed up, all five of Brown's sons were killed, and Brown was captured in the Federal Arsenal that he attempted to raid. (2 words/no spaces)
  5. 8. This man-made waterway, opened in 1825, allowed for expanded markets, easier transportation, and a shift in where people were living. (2 words/no spaces)
  6. 9. This treaty is what officially ended the Mexican-American war. It declared that the US was the victor and the official border between the two countries was the Rio Grande. (2 words/no spaces)
  7. 10. This river is where Mexico believed the border with the US to be.
  8. 14. As punishment/payment for the Mexican-American War, Mexico was forced to give up land to the US. This is called the ___ ___. (2 words/no spaces)
  9. 16. The choice to use popular sovereignty to decide the status on slavery in the new states led to lots of violence. This was most prevalent through the time period/event that is now known as ___ ____. (2 words/no spaces)
  10. 17. Many people, especially in the North, fought for ____ - the complete end of slavery.
  11. 19. This was the main cause of sectional tension during the 1800s and the ultimate cause of the American Civil War.
  12. 23. Congress was attempting to keep a ____ in the number of free states and slave states through agreements like the Missouri Compromise, but this would ultimately prove to be impossible over time.
  13. 25. This individual was an outspoken abolitionists who believed he was "God's chosen instrument to end slavery." He would ultimately led a failed revolt that resulted in him being convicted of treason and executed.
  14. 26. While the South relied on agriculture, the North relied on ______.
  15. 28. This 1850 law ruled that escaped slaves who made it to the North could be recaptured and sent back into slavery in the South. (2 words/no spaces)