Civil War Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. To withdraw from or formally leave.
  2. 4. Law that required that slaves be returned to their owners even if they had escaped to a free state.
  3. 7. Government based on the consent of the people. The people of an area vote and have a say in goverment.
  4. 8. Soldiers who fought on horseback.
  5. 10. The Southern States during the Civil War.
  6. 13. Network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century to help slaves escape to freedom.
  7. 14. Someone who wants to abolish or get rid of something.
Down
  1. 1. Willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a person—especially if prominent or important.
  2. 3. Large scale farms that specialize in cash crops.
  3. 5. Name given to the Northern States during the Civil War.
  4. 6. A war between citizens of the same country.
  5. 9. Period of time before war.
  6. 11. Invented by Eli Whitney to separate seeds from the plants fibers.
  7. 12. The process of being set free.