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A name applied to the Kansas Territory in the years before the civil war, when the territory was a battleground between proslavery and antislavery forces
A series of congressional measures intended to settle the major disagreement between free states and slave states
The confederate states of America, a confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states after their seccesion from the union
A political party formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into U.S. territories
The idea, expressed by Stephan Douglas in 1858, that any territory could include slavery
A law enacted as part of the Compromise of 1850, designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage.
A law in 1854 that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to vote whether to allow slavery or not.
A name given to the American Party, formed in the 1850s to curtail the political influence of immigrants.
Favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people.
Statues, passed in nine Northern states in the 1850s, it forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed jury trials for fugitive slaves.
A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue.
The modern political party that was formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery in the territories.
The formal withdrawal of a state from the union.
The best selling novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852, that portrayed slavery as a great moral evil.
A system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to freedom.
An amendment to an 1846 military appropriations bill, proposing that none of the territory acquired in the war with Mexico would be open to slavery.

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Chapter 10 Vocab

Crossword

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

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Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

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Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.