The Civil War

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Across
  1. 4. A group of people led by Missouri state senator David Atchison, crossed into Kansas w/weapons and voted pro-slavery.
  2. 6. Slave from Missouri whose owner took him north of the Missouri Compromise Line in 1834.
  3. 8. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  4. 9. Provided for the return of slaves that ran from one state/territory to another.
  5. 11. Won the presidential election of 1860.
  6. 13. Ammunition that changed the tide of war.
  7. 14. Led 21 men into Harpers Ferry, VA to help slaves start an uprising.
  8. 15. Bloodiest single-day battle in American history. 26,000 died.
  9. 16. President who supported California admission as a free state.
  10. 17. Modest and great battle strategist; opposed succession.
  11. 18. Thomas Jackson's nickname.
  12. 19. The name of the Union's war plan.
Down
  1. 1. "Slave hunter".
  2. 2. Another word for taxes.
  3. 3. Appointed by Lincoln to lead Union Army (Coach Boyd doesn't like him).
  4. 5. A very back and forth battle between inexperienced Union and Confederate soldiers
  5. 7. Proposed an amendment to a military spending bill.
  6. 8. Network of people who would aid fugitive slaves in their escape.
  7. 10. Senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850.
  8. 12. The placing of the needs of one section of the nation over the needs of the nation as a whole.