Civil war

2. a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action
6. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
7. engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict.
9. required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
11. a state bordering on an antislavery state and favoring slavery before the Civil War.
13. a war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the objectives pursued are restricted in some way,
14. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
15. the action of fighting; violence or conflict

1. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social
3. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere
4. a place that is planted or under cultivation
5. the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.
8. fighting between armed forces.
10. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
12. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.