Civil War Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. law which established the Kansas and Nebraska territories and allowed for
  2. 5. power between slave states and free states
  3. 6. an agreement where both sides give up something in order to reach a goal
  4. 8. a leading figure in the abolitionist movement in the pre-Civil War United States
  5. 9. to withdraw from an organization
  6. 11. an agreement made to keep
  7. 12. A nickname given to people supporting the Confederate States
  8. 13. to decide on the issue of slavery.
  9. 14. formerly escaped slave who wrote a book about his life and became an influential speaker in the North
  10. 16. A term meaning "before war"
  11. 17. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
  12. 19. a settlement in a new country or region
  13. 20. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  14. 21. a tactic where a military force surrounds a city to control
Down
  1. 1. A person who wanted to eliminate slavery.
  2. 2. Battle in Pennsylvania that was the turning point of the Civil War
  3. 4. an encounter of two armies
  4. 7. Antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 with the goal of keeping slavery
  5. 10. The idea that a territory could vote whether or not to have slavery
  6. 15. of the western states.
  7. 18. a league of persons, parties, or states