Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Worked to propose the compromise of 1850. Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  2. 5. A conductor on the underground railroad.
  3. 6. Law that established the national bank system.
  4. 8. A military draft.
  5. 9. Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas.
  6. 10. Proviso Proposed law to ban slavery on territory gained from Mexico.
  7. 14. Network used to help slaves escape to freedom.
  8. 15. Name adopted by the 11 seceded states.
  9. 18. First commander of the Union army.
  10. 19. Speech by Abraham Lincoln over the meaning of the civil war.
  11. 22. Abolitionist who used violence to fight against slavery.
  12. 24. 1852 Anti-Slavery novel.
  13. 25. All out war strategy that affect both civilians and soldiers.
Down
  1. 1. April 6, 186, union victory in Tennessee. Noted for the number of dead and wounded.
  2. 2. Order declaring all slaves in rebelling states free.
  3. 3. July 1, 1863, Union victory over a Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.
  4. 7. Amendment that abolished slavery.
  5. 11. Negative term to describe Northern Democrats who supported making peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  6. 12. Law that let slave owners recapture runaway slaves.
  7. 13. Slave states that did not secede.
  8. 15. Made California enter as a free state and gave the south the fugitive slave act.
  9. 16. Withdrawal of a state from a union.
  10. 17. Organization that cared for the sick and wounded during the war.
  11. 20. Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war.
  12. 21. Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy.
  13. 23. Law that gave 160 acres of land on the western frontier to citizens willing to live on the land for five years.