Civil War Crossword

2. sea fort built on an artificial island protecting Charleston, South Carolina.
5. 1860 nominee for election
7. repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
9. effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
12. act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
15. harpers ferry
17. presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
18. borough and town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

1. abolitionist slave who escaped and started a movement
3. an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before the American Civil War.
4. five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion
6. is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance.
8. an African American who had been a slave and moved by his master to a state
10. a political party fromed in 1854, majority supported the end to slavery (abolitionists).
11. people who want to abolish slavery
13. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant to effectively end the American Civil War.
14. people who express loyalty to thier region
16. battle of vicks____