The Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. The president during the Civil War
  2. 4. A general rise in prices.
  3. 5. Was an enslaved man who had been owned by a U.S. Army doctor, who was then brought to live in the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery is illegal.
  4. 7. Meant that people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide.
  5. 8. Withdraw
  6. 9. Was put as General after the Union's defeat at Bull Run. His army trained for seven months, but didn't attack.
  7. 10. covered with protective iron plates.
  8. 11. Took over for George McClellan, and led the most successful Union armies.
  9. 13. Passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, eager to develop lands in Illionois, and debated against Abraham Lincoln.
  10. 15. Another Union army General, who advanced toward Atlanta, and was a tough soldier. Believed in total war and the Confederates couldn't stop his advances (middle name too).
Down
  1. 1. Runaway enslaved people.
  2. 2. Northerner who was affected by the Fugitive Slave Act, who published Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  3. 6. Slave states that did not secede.
  4. 12. A system of required military service.
  5. 14. A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it.
  6. 16. A tax on the money people receive.
  7. 17. All-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army, its resources, and its people's will to fight.
  8. 18. A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.
  9. 19. An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender.
  10. 20. Not favoring either side.