Across
- 3. a type of firearm
- 7. announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
- 8. eleven U.S.that seceded from the U.S. over the issue of slavery
- 12. the period before the Civil War (1861-1865)
- 13. being owned by another person, forced into labor, and stripped of liberty
- 14. an organized military force equipped for fighting on land.
- 15. act of being freed from a restraint, control, or legal disability
- 18. a military unit of troops mounted on horseback
- 19. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
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- 1. political movement to end slavery around the world.
- 2. combat between opposing military forces, or a general conflict, struggle, or contest.
- 4. 6th president of the United States
- 5. 6th president of the United States
- 6. the 50 constituent political entities of the U.S.
- 9. Scott an enslaved African-American man
- 10. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
- 11. hard dry bread or biscuit, especially as rations for sailors.
- 14. cannons, howitzers, and mortars, designed to launch projectiles over long distances
- 16. the action of assassinating someone.
- 17. a line or edge that separates one area from another
