Civil War

3. one of the nation's worst presidents
4. created the first generation of American mental asylums
5. “The Great Compromiser”
7. hero of the Mexican War who had represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives
9. a Union general during the Civil War
11. commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter at the outbreak of the American Civil War
16. fought in Bleeding Kansas, he was eventually captured and executed
17. a slave and social activist who served several masters before suing for his freedom
20. major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
22. American abolitionist who helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad
24. a lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society
25. commanded the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga and the Battles for Chattanooga
27. known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
29. sixth president of the United States
30. accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the Northeast

1. started an abolitionist paper, The Liberator
2. leader in the abolitionist movement
6. founded the American Red Cross
8. helped ease border tensions with Britain through negotiations of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842
10. convicted of being the leader of "the rising"
12. notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War
13. a senior Union officer during the American Civil War
14. Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
15. espoused the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in the territories before the Civil War
18. a Confederate general under Robert E. Lee
19. born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom
21. First Lady of the United States
23. led the bloodiest slave rebellion in American history
26. 16th president
28. assassinated President Abraham Lincoln