The Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  2. 5. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America
  3. 8. Also called the North or the United States,
  4. 9. A state of bondage in which African Americans are owned by whites
  5. 11. To admit defeat and give up
  6. 12. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  7. 13. A political party generally against slavery and its expansion into the territories
  8. 14. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri
Down
  1. 1. The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories
  2. 2. Troops, like the National Guard
  3. 4. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  4. 6. Also called the Union
  5. 7. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States
  6. 10. A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories
  7. 11. Also called the Confederacy