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Across
- 3. A simple long distance code, made up of short and long notes or lines.
- 4. A compromise that restricted slavery in northern states but allowed it in southern territories
- 6. The murder of a person by another person.
- 7. An act signed by Senator James Mason that required escaped slaves to be returned to their masters, regardless of circumstance.
- 8. A battle ending in a Union win and crushing confederate defeat they never recovered from, killing ⅓ of Confederate soldiers.
- 13. One of the best Union commanders, to whom Robert E. Lee surrendered.
- 14. The northern states of America, in support of the abolition of slavery.
- 15. The president of the Confederacy (1861-1865)
- 18. A member of the US federalist party who supports a system of government under a central authority.
- 19. The presidential election that jump-started the secession of the Confederacy.
- 20. A battle in which the North halted Confederate forces in Maryland. Known for the Confederate plans being found wrapped around three cigars.
Down
- 1. An act passed to repeal the Missouri Compromise that created two new territories with popular sovereignty and a new rebublican party with a goal to prevent slavery’s spread to the west.
- 2. A person in favor of the abolition of a system, especially slavery.
- 5. an executive order approved by President Abraham Lincoln.
- 9. The Union president during the Civil War (1861-1865)
- 10. The states located in between the Union and Confederacy. Aligned with the Union but in support of slavery.
- 11. One of the best Confederate generals who led during the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, eventually surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant.
- 12. The first battle in the Civil War and the first shots fired.
- 16. The vice president of the Confederacy (1861-1865)
- 17. The southern states of America, those in support of slavery who seceded from the US.