Causes of the Civil War Review Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Civil War & Reconstruction has 12 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
The Fugitive ________ Act enforced all citizens to assist in returning runaway slaves
The concept that people could vote on whether their state would be free or slave
The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
The Kansas-_______ Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and advocated popular sovereignty
South Carolina seceded from the Union after Lincoln won the ________ of 1860
A Missouri slave who sued to end his slavery by arguing that living in free territory made him a free man
President of the Confederate States of America
This law drew an imaginary line between slave states and free states
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this fictional book about the evils of slavery.
This President was elected in 1860 and became our 16th U.S. President
When Ely Whitney invented this, cotton became a major crop in the southern United States
The Compromise of 1850 allowed ______________ to enter the Union as a free state.
