Topic 6: Sectionalism and Civil War Crossword

an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave states equal to the number of free states
the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
to withdraw from membership in a group
an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state + a strict fugitive slave law was passed
one of two Acts passed in 1793+1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the people the right of popular sovereignty
proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
a person who dies for his or her beliefs