Civil War in the United States of America

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  1. 2. The Union strategy to win the war was called the _____ plan.
  2. 6. The Compromise of 1850 included a strict ____ Slave Act.
  3. 8. Called a "necessary evil" by Thomas Jefferson, was used as a euphemistic term that white southerners used for slavery.
  4. 9. This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1868) granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law.
  5. 11. A former enslaved person who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
  6. 12. Southern states during the Civil War.
  7. 14. The General for the Union, later became 18th President.
  8. 15. Maryland, September 16-18, 1862, bloodiest single day in American military history, 23,000 died
  9. 16. violence over slavery led by John Brown caused the Kansas territory to called ______ ________.
  10. 17. Naval invasion that kicked off the Civil War in Charleston, SC.
  11. 20. freed enslaved people ONLY in the Confederate States.
  12. 21. This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1870) declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was formerly enslaved.
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  1. 1. the President of the US during the Civil War.
  2. 3. A person who worked to end slavery.
  3. 4. The Compromise of 1850 allowed ____ to be admitted to the Union as a free state.
  4. 5. The general for the Confederacy.
  5. 7. Northern states during the Civil War.
  6. 10. She was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
  7. 13. The issue of slavery and _______ _______ was the causes of the Civil War.
  8. 18. This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1865) that abolished slavery in US (made it illegal.
  9. 19. Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.