Civil War and Leading Events Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. -Senator known as “The Great Compromiser”
  2. 6. -First state to succeed from the union and become Confederate
  3. 7. -Invention that exploded cotton industry and slavery
  4. 8. -Rule that prevented discussion of slavery in Congress
  5. 10. -3 Day battle from July 1, to July 3, 1863
  6. 11. -Last name of most known Confederate General
  7. 12. -Island Southerners wanted the union to seize for slavery purposes
  8. 13. -Most common weapon used by both sides in the Civil War
  9. 14. -Act overridden by the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Down
  1. 1. -Mississippi senator inaugurated as Confederate President
  2. 3. -Winning presidential candidate of 1860
  3. 4. -Area of land acquired by US after Mexican-American War
  4. 5. -War strategy used by the Union during the Civil War
  5. 9. -What the Southern economy is based on