History Crossword

A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
The Republican candidate on a platform opposing the expansion of slavery
The action of annexing something, especially territory
murder (an important person) in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons
an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections
a war between citizens of the same country
joined by an agreement or treaty
a soft white fibrous substance
controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court in 1857, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War
the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation
an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
an emancipated slave
a state of the US in which slavery was illegal
A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850
A place where an Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory
economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories
a Mexican War hero, U.S. senator from Mississippi, U.S
an American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States
an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries
a person who supervises others, especially workers
an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor
a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance
a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or rule
a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
the state of being a slave
the action or fact of joining or being joined
a person who lives in, or is from, the US
A place the slaves used to hide