Across
- 4. first state to secede from the Union; geographically inferior to us
- 5. nickname given to Kansas during their fight over slavery
- 10. General in charge of Union troops during the attack on Fort Sumter
- 11. people responsible for settling issue of slavery
- 13. abolitionists from the east that rushed to Kansas
- 14. government outpost where the Civil War began
- 15. capital of the Confederacy
- 17. political party Lincoln belonged to
- 19. action taken by South Carolina and other southern states
- 21. Senator from Illinois who introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 23. Lincoln wanted to make sure slavery WOULD NOT do this
- 24. Politician responsible for the Compromise of 1850
Down
- 1. Kansas-Nebraska Act made this "compromise" powerless and ineffective
- 2. Confederate general who led attack on Fort Sumter
- 3. Politician from PA who wanted slavery banned in the west
- 6. became a state as a part of the Compromise of 1850
- 7. amendment that gave rights to states
- 8. Abolitionist famous for raid on federal arsenal
- 9. economic focus of the South
- 12. political party famous in the south; pro-slavery
- 16. economy centered around industry and manufacturing
- 18. caught John Brown following his raid at Harpers' Ferry, VA
- 19. slave who sued for freedom and was denied
- 20. underlying cause of the Civil War
- 22. President of the Confederacy