Civil War Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. Act of formally withdrawing from the Union
  2. 7. Devotion to the interests of of one geographic region
  3. 8. Sumter Federal outpost in South Carolina which was fired upon by the Confederates; starting the Civil War
  4. 9. Railroad Routes and network of people helping slaves to freedom
  5. 11. System Created by Henry Clay to make the US self-sufficient; new taxes to be used for roads and waterways
  6. 12. Union Party Group of Northern states loyal to the Union
  7. 13. Proclamation Statement issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in rebellious territories
Down
  1. 1. Slave Act Law in which makes it illegal to help runaway slaves
  2. 2. The prohibition of slavery
  3. 3. Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
  4. 4. Scott Case upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional
  5. 6. Pride and devotions to one's nation
  6. 10. Compromise Missouri was entered as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and the 36 parallel was drawn
  7. 14. States 11 southern states that seceded from the Union