APUSH Period 5 Review

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Across
  1. 4. Actor who assassinated President Lincoln.
  2. 6. Fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  3. 9. Site of a pivotal Union victory in the Civil War.
  4. 12. Political party founded in the mid-1850s, largely opposed to the expansion of slavery.
  5. 14. Lincoln's plan; percentage of white male voters in a Confederate state who needed to swear an oath of allegiance to the Union before it could be readmitted.
  6. 15. Congressman who proposed a constitutional amendment to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.
  7. 17. Know-Nothing party member; favors the interests of native-born citizens over immigrants.
  8. 20. Union naval strategy to blockade Southern ports and strangle the Confederacy's economy.
  9. 21. Abolitionist who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
  10. 23. Union general known for his "March to the Sea" through Georgia.
  11. 24. Confederate forces that conducted raids into Union territory.
  12. 27. President Lincoln's declaration freeing slaves in Confederate territory.
  13. 28. 16th President of the United States, whose election sparked secession in the South.
Down
  1. 1. Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War.
  2. 2. Country that lost territory to the US in the Mexican-American War.
  3. 3. Union policy that allowed for the seizure of Confederate property, including enslaved people.
  4. 5. Key Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.
  5. 7. Law regarding capturing and returning those who have escaped from slavery.
  6. 8. Package of 5 laws intended to reduce inter-state tension over slavery.
  7. 10. Supreme Court case that denied slaves their rights as citizens and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
  8. 11. Political movement that opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.
  9. 13. Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," an anti-slavery novel that stirred national debate.
  10. 16. Site of a secret meeting where US diplomats discussed the possibility of purchasing Cuba.
  11. 18. Belief that the US had a God-given right to expand westward across North America.
  12. 19. "Bleeding" Territory where pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces clashed violently in the 1850s.
  13. 22. Bureau; federal agency established to aid newly freed slaves after the Civil War.
  14. 25. Underground method of helping enslaved people escape, conducted by Tubman.
  15. 26. Site of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.