Across
- 2. Abolished Slavery in United States
- 5. Election in which Abraham Lincoln was declared President
- 6. Occured as a result of the United States' annexation of Texas
- 7. Debate over the legalization of slavery in Kansas; led to series of violent confrontations
- 9. Followed the secession of the southern states; caused by conflict concerning slavery & western expansion
- 10. Replaced Missouri Compromise
Down
- 1. Executive order that declared the freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States
- 3. Responsible for assassination of President Lincoln
- 4. Provided United States with landed needed for southern transcontinental railroad
- 8. Founder of the Red Cross; served as a nurse in Civil War