Civil War Crossword

3. An act signed by Senator James Mason that required escaped slaves to be returned to their masters, regardless of circumstance.
5. The first battle in the Civil War and the first shots fired.
6. One of the best Union commanders, to whom Robert E. Lee surrendered.
8. A person in favor of the abolition of a system, especially slavery.
10. The Union president during the Civil War (1861-1865).
11. One of the most famous Confederate generals who led during the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, eventually surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant.
12. The presidential election that jump-started the secession of the Confederacy.
15. The states located in between the Union and Confederacy, aligned with the Union but also in support of slavery.
16. A battle ending in a Union win and crushing confederate defeat they never recovered from, killing ⅓ of Confederate soldiers.
17. The southern states of America in support of slavery who seceded from the US.
18. The president of the Confederacy (1861-1865).
19. The vice president of the Confederacy (1861-1865).
20. The northern states of America, in support of the abolition of slavery.

1. A compromise that restricted slavery in northern states but allowed it in southern territories below a certain line.
2. A battle in which the North halted Confederate forces in Maryland. Known for the Confederate plans being found wrapped around three cigars.
4. An executive order approved by President Abraham Lincoln.
7. A member of the US party in support of a system of government under a central authority.
9. An act passed to repeal the Missouri Compromise which created two new territories with popular sovereignty and a new Republican party with a goal to prevent slavery’s spread to the west.
13. The murder of a person by another person.
14. A simple long distance code, made up of short and long notes or lines.