Causes of the Civil War

10. This vocab term means "to withdraw."

28. Abraham Lincoln ran for President, representing this party.

1. He attacked Sen. Charles Sumner with his cane.

3. In the Compromise of 1850 this territory became a free state.

17. He proposed a bill/law to ban slavery in lands won from Mexico.

27. John Bell ran for President, representing this party.

25. Under the Missouri Compromise, this territory became a slave state.

13. Slave states were located in this section of the U.S.

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this.

29. John C. Breckenridge ran for President, representing this party.

11. How many candidates were there in the election of 1860?

26. The 1st southern state to secede.

8. He created the Compromise of 1850.

14. A political party formed to stop the spread of slavery.

9. Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in this year.

6. He won the election of 1860.

20. Her nickname was "Moses" and she was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

21. Abraham Lincoln was from this state.

23. He came up with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

22. True or False: The Missouri Compromise "undid" the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

4. He was a slave that sued for his freedom.

18. Besides his attack in Virginia, where else did John Brown attack/kill people over slavery?

19. The movement to end slavery was known as this.

12. John Brown led an attack at this Virginia town.

16. Under the Compromise of 1850, the sale of slaves was banned here.

15. System where residents vote to decide an issue.

7. This territory had a lot of fighting/killing over the ability to vote for/against slavery.

5. These 2 men held a series of debates, for senator, in Illinois.

24. Under the Missouri Compromise, this territory became a free state.

30. Stephen Douglas ran for President, representing this party.