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Word Puzzle & Hidden Message 16.1
The Slavery Issue in the West
Use the clues to figure out the hidden message below. The letters in the circles will decode the
message. Read page 424-429 in your textbook to help you solve the clues. Be sure to read the maps
and any other charts, tables and pictures. The clues will not be in the order of the text.
Circles: 5 , 6 , 5 , 5 , 7 , 5 , 4 , 2 , 7 , 1 , 2 , 1
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Hidden Message
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1. In this type of sovereignty, people
decide if they will allow slavery or
not allow it
2. This senator from Illinois favored #1
3. This party stood for free-soil, feelabor, free-speech, and free-men
4. A runaway slave was called this…
5. Senator from Massachusetts who
pushed the Compromise of 1850 to
avoid civil war
6. The compromise of 1820 that drew
a slavery line at 36° 30’ North.
7. Proviso that was to band slavery in
land acquired in the Mexican War
8. When this state was admitted in
1850, the nation now had more free
than slave states
9. Loyalty to one’s state or region
rather than the entire nation
10. A hero of the Mexican War – he was
elected President in 1848
11. A war between people of the same
nation
12. The Great Compromiser from
Kentucky
Chapter 16 Section 1