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Across
  1. 4. Laws to settle slavery disputes.
  2. 5. Law allowing slavery decisions in Kansas and Nebraska.
  3. 6. Union strategy to block Southern ports and control rivers.
  4. 8. Idea that territories can decide on slavery.
  5. 9. U.S. movement to the west in the 1800s.
  6. 12. Lincoln’s speech in 1863 about equality and unity.
Down
  1. 1. Lincoln’s order freeing slaves in 1863.
  2. 2. U.S. attempt to buy Cuba from Spain.
  3. 3. Union victory in 1863, gaining control of the Mississippi River.
  4. 4. War between the North and South (1861-1865).
  5. 7. Major Civil War battle in 1863.
  6. 10. Belief that states have powers independent of the federal government.
  7. 11. Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship to African Americans.