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2. A process of voting, in writing and typically in secret.
8. The Southern states that seceded from the United States to form their own country.
10. The President of the Confederate States of America.
12. A speech given during the ceremony to mark the beginning of a new president's term.
13. A Southern Democrat who wanted to allow slavery everywhere.
14. The Northern states during the Civil War that were against the secession of the Southern states.
15. The practice of owning people as property and forcing them to work without pay.
16. Military buildings designed for defense against attacks.
17. The act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity.
18. A place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter.
20. The location near Fort Sumter where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
21. To give up or yield to the power or control of another.
22. To maintain something in its original or existing state.
23. A Northern Democrat who believed in popular sovereignty regarding slavery.

1. The idea that each state or territory should vote on whether to allow slavery.
3. Areas of land that are not yet states but are controlled by the government.
4. The group of Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860-1861.
5. To withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
6. A speech given by a president at the beginning of their term to outline their intentions and policies.
7. 16th President of the United States who led the country during the Civil War.
9. Large, heavy guns typically mounted on wheels, used in warfare.
11. A military fort in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first battle of the Civil War took place.
19. A candidate from the Constitutional Union Party who tried to avoid the slavery debate.