Civil War

2. The ______ was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent
3. In American political discourse, ______ are political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution.
7. The ______ of 1854 was a territorial act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
9. The ______ stated that a territory could determine whether to allow or not allow slavery based on Popular Sovereignty, where the authority of the government is based on the consent of the people.
10. The ______ is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery.

1. In the nineteenth century, the United States expanded its territory westward at a dramatic pace. This was known as ______.
4. The ______ was a strategy outlined by the Union Army for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War, which called for a naval blockade of the Mississippi River in order to”strangle” the South.
5. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the ______, announcing "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be free."
6. The ______ was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces, and was the bloodiest single battle of the conflict.
8. The ______ called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, and established a boundary between Texas and the United States.