Civil War
Across
- 2. When Missouri was equally divided between slave and free
- 6. Lincoln's speech to dedicate the cemetery for fallen soldiers
- 8. 50,000 casualties and the end of the South's ability to launch a major offensive
- 10. First "battle" of the Civil War-- fought for two days. The Union eventually surrendered.
- 11. order issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring slaves in all rebelling states were free
- 13. When slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C and the fugitive slave act was strengthened in the North
- 15. Final Union general that helped win the Civil War he eventually became President
Down
- 1. When Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to decide for themselves whether they would be slave or not
- 3. Confederate General throughout the entire war said to be one of the best generals in U.S history
- 4. first republican president; wanted to keep the union together and end slavery eventually after the civil war he did both
- 5. The central issue that sparked the Civil War
- 7. When Kansas is allowed to vote on whether it's slave or free so southerners and northerners flood into Kansas to vote and eventually violence breaks out and they start fighting and killing
- 9. When a northerner named John Brown broke into the Virginia armory handing slaves guns to fight back he eventually loses and is hung for treason
- 12. when people should pick the kind of government they have in a certain area
- 14. President of the Confederate States of America