This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Civil War & Reconstruction has 12 clues. Answers range from 6 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slaves and free states equal.
law passed in 1846 that banned slavery in any territories won by the United States from Mexico
in the mid-1800s, a term referring to the idea that each territory could decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery
an anti slavery party founded in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
to withdraw from membership in a group
runaway
war between people of the same country
Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850 to seek compromise and avert a crisis between North and South
law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves
an 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe written to show the evils of slavery and the injustice of the fugitive slave act
political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
place where guns are stored