Civil War

5. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South
6. Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
8. A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
10. A term meaning "before war"
11. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
13. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States
16. Said that black people were citizens of the United States and that all people were protected equally by the law
17. The Confederacy
18. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
20. Outlawed slavery

1. Gave all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race.
2. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
3. These were laws that prevented black people from voting, going to school, owning land, and even getting jobs
4. An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
7. A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
9. The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
12. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
14. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates
15. Was the president before he was assasinated.
19. States of the United States, also called the Union.