Civil War Crossword

3. A state's interest should take priority over federal government.
4. the Georgia General Assembly debated whether the state should join its fellow southern states in breaking away from the north
6. Battles which led to Atlanta and railroads being completely destroyed and burned down.
9. Missouri slave that sued for his freedom; was denied by the United State Supreme Court due to an all-white jury.
13. Abraham Lincoln was elected which caused the South to succeed from the Union.
14. A legal idea that states could cancel and ignore any federal laws that were considered unconstitutional.

1. Said, "All Slaves are Free!" January 1, 1863
2. Most notorious prisoner of war camp; officially named "Fort Sumter."
5. William T. Sherman burned down everything from Atlanta to Savannah.
7. legislation were California was admitted as a free state, while southern states received the Fugitive Slave Act.
8. established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850
10. Civil War Strategy designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England in return for weapons and supplies.
11. Owning a person
12. Largest Union defeat; failure to follow-up on this victory lead to Sherman's Atlanta campaign.