Civil War Cross word

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Across
  1. 4. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  2. 5. 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.Fugitive Slave Law A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  3. 6. A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  4. 8. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  5. 9. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  6. 10. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
Down
  1. 1. A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. 2. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  3. 3. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  4. 6. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  5. 7. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.