Civil War Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga.
  2. 8. The act of making something null and void
  3. 9. compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚30’ line of latitude.
  4. 10. a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading
  5. 11. Union victory; this one day battle allowed Union forces to inch closer to the city in the Atlanta Campaign
  6. 13. act that required runaway enslaved people to be returned to their masters if caught in the north or anywhere in the United States. This will lead to Georgia Institution the Georgia Platform.
  7. 14. The act of separating from a nation/state and becoming an independent entity.
  8. 15. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Down
  1. 1. The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people.
  2. 2. Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River; to restrict and cut off the south from trading and receiving goods.
  3. 3. document that declared all enslaved people in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. This changes the war to one of a morale issue.
  4. 5. Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from November 15-December 25, 1864 with Savannah being the ultimate objective
  5. 6. - infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp.
  6. 7. The belief of a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government. Anything within a state's borders is up to the people of that state.
  7. 12. election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union.