Civil War

4. Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
5. A doctrine that allowed the people of newly formed states to allow or deny slavery.
6. A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
9. This doctrine held the powers of the individual states as greater than the powers of the Federal government.
12. Also called the Union or the United States the North was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
15. Loyal to the Confederacy.
16. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South.
17. A secret network that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom the south.
19. Lincoln most famous speech after traveling to Gettysburg in 11/19/1863.
20. Offered fast transportation, mostly in the north.
21. Underground Railroad lingo given to escaping slaves.
24. The turning point in the war.

1. The first and only president of the Confederate States of America
2. Freedom from slavery.
3. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
6. A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
7. Later became the 18th president of America
8. The replacement for George Mcclellan as the commander for the Union.
10. The most famous battle of the American civil war and largest battle in the western hemisphere.
11. Underground Railroad lingo given to leaders who led escapes.
13. The 16th president of the United States.
14. The Confederate army commander.
18. A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War.
22. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States.
23. The Union army commander, later replaced.