Civil War

4. A very bloody battle in the civil war.
6. Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross.
8. An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters.
9. A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
10. A person who worked to end slavery.
12. The treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.
13. Act passed in 1854 that created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing states to determine whether slavery would be allowed in new territories.
16. The defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union.
18. She led over 300 slaves to freedom, because of her bravery she is the symbol of the Underground Railroad.
19. A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery.
20. A former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.

1. South Carolina, April 12-14, 1861. This was the start of the Civil War.
2. Virginia, July 1st, 1861. This was the first major land battle of Civil War.
3. President of the Confederacy.
5. States between the north and the south: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
7. A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones.
11. General for the Union, later became 18th President.
14. General of the Confederacy.
15. The location of a brutal massacre in which confederate troops shot more than 200 black prisoners and some whites.
17. To separate from the Union.