Civil War

2. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
4. Courthouse, Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
6. Act, A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
9. E. Lee, General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time
10. Proclamation, Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
13. Lincoln, President of the United States of America during the Civil War; born in Kentucky
14. of Gettysburg, Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.

1. of Vicksburg, The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th
3. S. Grant, Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy
5. Compromise, A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
7. Plan, Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides
8. The United States
11. War, War between the North and South
12. Ferry, Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
14. of Antietam, Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded