Civil War

4. Began career at 25 and began as a Illinois state legislature whig
5. Fed fort in Charleston South Carolina where first shots were fired
6. A political agreement that admitted California to the Union as a free state while permitting popular sovereignty in the territories and enacting a stricter fugitive slave law
9. Union General also 18th president
15. Abolitionist government of Massachusetts
20. Civil War battle fought on Union Territory
21. A military tactic in which a navy prevents vessels from entering or leaving its enemy's ports
23. Judges son from Ohio renowned Union General during Civil War
24. During the Civil War a state that allowed slavery but remained in the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
25. Civil War killing 23,000 troops in one day
26. 2 days of fighting killing nearly 25,000 soldiers

1. Law giving 160 acres to citizens willing to live on it for 5 years
2. Formally withdraw from membership in group or organization
3. Existed before civil war to help slaves escaped to safety
7. A term used to describe the violence between proslavery and antislavery supporters in Kansas from 1854 to 1856
8. Government of 11 states that seceded from United States and fought against Union
10. Required all citizens to aid in apprehending runaway slaves
11. Born into slavery in Maryland and escaped to Philadelphia
12. Anti-slavery political party in mid-1800
13. Declared free all enslaved people living in confederate states and territories
14. Southern Planter and became President Confederate states
16. Anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
17. Principle in which people are a source of government power
18. African American born to slavery and sued for freedom
19. Party established on anti-slavery in 1854
22. Divided the 2 states to let them choose to be a slave or free state