Jomahira's Vocabulary Quiz Crossword
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
 
 
Down: 1) the principle that the residents of a territory should have control over their own affairs-particularly the power to decide whether to admit slavery.2) Fierce opponent of slavery who led a raid that killed five pro-slavery people.4) statutes passed in nine Northern States in the 1850s that forbade imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed jury trails for fugitive slaves. 5) 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.7) Famous "conductor" on the ground railroad.8) 13th president.10) the formal with drawing of a state from the union.11) a system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states.12) the favoring of the interests of native-born people over the interest of immigrants.13) slave who was briefly taken by his owner into free territory. Across: 3) a series of congressional measures intended to settle the major disagreement between free sates and slave states.6) senator from Illinois who worked to pass the Compromise of 1850.9) the confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states after their secession from the union.14) Author of the Antislavery-Novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.15) a political party formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into U.S territories.16) the modern political party that was formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery in the territories.17) a best-selling novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852, that portrayed slavery as a great moral evil.18) a name given to the American party, formed in the 1850's to curtail the political influence of immigrants. 19) president of the confederation state of america.20) a law enacted in 1854, that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery.21) a law enacted as part, of the compromise of 1850 designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage.
 

 

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