Lesson 21 and 22 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
  2. 4. to meet, especially in a challenge
  3. 6. the right of an accused person to appear in court so a judge can determine whether he or she is being imprisoned lawfully
  4. 8. something that increases strength with additional support
  5. 9. an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a state with slavery and Maine was admitted as a state without slavery
  6. 11. the United States as one nation united under a single government. During the Civil War, “the Union” came to mean the government and armies of the North.
  7. 12. a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
Down
  1. 1. a group of people within a larger group who have different ideas from the main group
  2. 2. a proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War
  3. 5. continuing forever
  4. 7. a person who flees or tries to escape (for example, from slavery)
  5. 10. another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union