Antebellum Era Puzzle Crossword

Document that caused controversy between the North and the South by stating that, “All men are created equally”.
This compromise determined that Congressional representation would be decided by state population which means that the South would have less votes because most of their population consists of slaves.
Invention that triggered the Cotton Boom and made slavery more profitable and popular in the South, this increased the demand for slave labor.
The Slave Trade Act encouraged the illegal trade of slaves within the United States which limited plantation owners’ access to free laborers. This greatly angered Southerners.
This compromise was meant to create a balance between free and slave states by equally dividing it, but as Abraham Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”.
The mass rebellion of slaves forced strict slave codes to be put into action. No civil rights for African American slaves added to the growing divide between Northern and Southern values.
This newspaper exposed and challenged the reality of slavery which frightened Southerners, causing them to react with violence and aggression towards the North.
This act did not just specifically apply to slaves living in England, it also referred to British North American slaves. When slaves were liberated this made the Southern plantation owners angry which furthered the separation between the two
A majority of early American slaves were imported from Liberia; The American Colonization Society was an organization that was dedicated to transporting free blacks and emancipated slaves back to Liberia. Abolitionists argued that doing this strengthened slavery in America by keeping races separated, others argued that it was a humanitarian thing to do.
Even though California was considered a free state, Southern slave owners saw an opportunity during the Gold Rush of 1848 and brought their slaves into California. This angered the state’s government and therefore they greatly supported and supplied the Union throughout the war.
When an extreme abolitionist attacked proslavery men it outraged the South and furthered the violence and separation between North and South.
This man led a violent attempt to overthrow the slavery system by attacking an arsenal and then supplying the slaves with weapons to fight back against their owners. The raid excited the North and outraged the South.