Civil War

2. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
4. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
5. A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
7. passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers.
8. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
9. states These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates
10. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
11. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
12. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government.
14. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South.
15. A large farm in the southern United States.
16. Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.

1. an enslaved African-American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for freedom for themselves and their two daughters
3. an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
6. The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
13. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.