Civil War Crossword

1234567891011121314151617181920
Across
  1. 5. An act signed by Senator James Mason that required escaped slaves to be returned to their masters, regardless of circumstance.
  2. 7. An act passed to repeal the Missouri Compromise which created two new territories with popular sovereignty and a new Republican party with a goal to prevent slavery’s spread to the west.
  3. 9. A member of the US party in support of a system of government under a central authority.
  4. 11. A person in favor of the abolition of a system, especially slavery.
  5. 12. The southern states of America in support of slavery who seceded from the US.
  6. 13. One of the most famous Confederate generals who led during the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, eventually surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant.
  7. 15. The first battle in the Civil War and the first shots fired.
  8. 18. The murder of a person by another person.
  9. 19. The presidential election that jump-started the secession of the Confederacy.
  10. 20. An executive order approved by President Abraham Lincoln.
Down
  1. 1. The president of the Confederacy (1861-1865).
  2. 2. A simple long distance code, made up of short and long notes or lines.
  3. 3. A battle ending in a Union win and crushing confederate defeat they never recovered from, killing ⅓ of Confederate soldiers.
  4. 4. A compromise that restricted slavery in northern states but allowed it in southern territories below a certain line.
  5. 6. The states located in between the Union and Confederacy, aligned with the Union but also in support of slavery.
  6. 8. The vice president of the Confederacy (1861-1865).
  7. 10. One of the best Union commanders, to whom Robert E. Lee surrendered.
  8. 14. The Union president during the Civil War (1861-1865).
  9. 16. The northern states of America, in support of the abolition of slavery.
  10. 17. A battle in which the North halted Confederate forces in Maryland. Known for the Confederate plans being found wrapped around three cigars.