African Americans Resist Slavery Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• slave : this is a person who is the legal property of someone
• popular sovereignty : this is a political doctrine in which the people of a territory decided whether their territories would enter the union as a free or slave state
• compromise of 1850 : this package of 5 bills was introduces as an attempt to resolve disputes over slavery in new us territories
• fugitive slave act : this law required fugitive slaves/ maroons to be returned back to their owners
• maroon : this term refers to a runaway slave
• abolitionist : this term refers to a person who wanted to end slavery
• underground railroad : a network of routes and safe houses established to help enslaved african americans into free states and canada
• free state : this refers to a state in which slavery was illegal