Civil war

3. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
4. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States. Southern states, feeling persecuted by the North, seceded by voting to separate from the Union.
11. Party A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories. Eventually Republicans came to oppose the entire existence of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. Very few Southerners were Republicans.
13. Freedom from slavery.
14. General of the North
15. The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories. Democrats opposed a strong Federal government. Most Southern men were Democrats before the War.
17. The cause of the Civil War
18. An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.

1. The concept that began the Civil war
2. A term used to describe the time in American history directly after the Civil War during which the South was “reconstructed” by the North after its loss in the war.
5. Deadliest war in American soil
6. First battle of the Civil War.
7. Confederate General
8. Deadliest battle during the civil war
9. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States.
10. President of the United States
12. The north had twice the amount of the south
14. Also called the North or the United States
15. President of the Confederate States
16. A ship protected by iron armor.