North and South

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (9)
  2. 6. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 (11)
  3. 7. A machine that separates the seeds from raw ___ fibers (9)
  4. 9. Country north of the USA known for maple syrup (6)
  5. 10. 16th President of the United States (14)
  6. 13. The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American (9)
  7. 14. A midwestern state in central United States (8)

Down

  1. 1. A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States (9)
  2. 2. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation (8)
  3. 3. United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor (13)
  4. 5. American statesman (14)
  5. 8. A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force (11)
  6. 11. A middle way between two extremes (10)
  7. 12. Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources (7)