Unraveling the Causes of the American Civil War: Crossword Puzzles

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  1. 3. What was the name of the agreement that tried to resolve the issue of slavery in the new territories?
  2. 9. What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?
  3. 14. What was the central issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
  4. 17. Which act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the legality of slavery?
  5. 18. What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?
  6. 19. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
  7. 21. Which state’s admission to the Union as a free state was a key issue in the Missouri Compromise?
  8. 22. What was the title of the influential anti-slavery book by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
  9. 23. Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South”?
  10. 24. What was the primary economic system in the Southern states before the Civil War?
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  1. 1. What did the term “states’ rights” refer to in the pre-Civil War era?
  2. 2. Who was the President of the United States when the Southern states began to secede?
  3. 4. What was the main political party opposing the expansion of slavery in the 1850s?
  4. 5. Which Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans could not be citizens?
  5. 6. What was the main focus of the abolitionist movement?
  6. 7. What was the primary source of tension between the North and South regarding state powers?
  7. 8. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow settlers to decide?
  8. 10. What was the main reason for the Southern states' secession from the Union?
  9. 11. Who was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
  10. 12. What issue did the Compromise of 1850 address?
  11. 13. What was the name of the Southern states’ political alliance before the Civil War?
  12. 15. What economic factor contributed to the South’s desire to maintain slavery?
  13. 16. What was the primary goal of the movement to end slavery?
  14. 20. What did the term “Bleeding Kansas” refer to?