Across
- 2. Proclamation, 1862. Abraham issued it and said that on Janurary 1st, 1863 all enslaved people in the Confederate states currently engaged in rebellion against the Union were now free from slavery. This changes the reason from war from being united as one country to fighting for the end of slavery
- 5. a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for political office or other position.
- 7. Confederacy, the name of the South who supported slavery
- 10. Consisted of Alabama, North Carolina, Arkansas, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi.
- 11. State, a state that did not allow enslaved people.
- 14. condition in which one human being is owned by another.
- 15. Union, the name of the North who opposed slavery.
Down
- 1. Rights, political rights and powers that are granted to the states of the United States by the Constitution.
- 3. the action or act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
- 4. Consisted of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Oregon, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
- 6. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body.
- 8. a large section of land that had a house for the white family to live in and lots of farmland that the enslaved people were forced to work and take care of and small huts for the enslaved people to live in.
- 9. a disagreement or problem amongst people, states, countries, etc.
- 12. Railroad, a network of routes and safe houses throughout the states that helped enslaved people escape slavery.
- 13. State, a state that allowed enslaved people.