Across
- 3. President whose Reconstruction plan was lenient toward the South
- 4. Union campaign that demonstrated total war
- 5. Political agreement that ended Reconstruction
- 7. 1853 land purchase that finalized the southern border of the United States
- 8. Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox
- 14. System of racial segregation that developed after Reconstruction
- 16. Confederate attack that began the Civil War
- 18. Idea that settlers in a territory should vote on slavery
- 20. President of the Confederate States of America
- 21. Nativist political movement that opposed immigration
- 24. Supreme Court case ruling that African Americans were not citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in territories
- 29. Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
- 30. Law that repealed the Missouri Compromise and led to violence in Kansas
- 34. Political party that collapsed due to sectional divisions
- 35. Political party formed to oppose the expansion of slavery
- 36. Agency created to assist formerly enslaved people after the Civil War
- 39. 1845 event that helped trigger war with Mexico
- 40. Belief that Americans were destined to expand westward across the continent
Down
- 1. Network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom
- 2. Battle that allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
- 6. Labor system that kept many farmers in debt
- 9. President during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- 10. Laws passed in the South to restrict African American freedoms
- 11. Abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry
- 12. Author of *Uncle Tom’s Cabin*
- 13. Formerly enslaved abolitionist known for powerful speeches and writings
- 15. Site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
- 17. Failed proposal to ban slavery in territory gained from Mexico
- 19. War fought from 1846 to 1848
- 22. Agreement that admitted California as a free state and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act
- 23. Executive order that freed enslaved people in Confederate states
- 25. Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law
- 26. Election that led to Southern secession
- 27. Speech that redefined the purpose of the Civil War
- 28. Union general who became president during Reconstruction
- 31. Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and transferred large territories to the United States
- 32. Period of violent conflict over slavery in Kansas during the 1850s
- 33. White supremacist group that used violence to oppose Reconstruction
- 37. Major Union victory and turning point in the Civil War
- 38. Amendment granting Black men the right to vote
