Across
- 3. Slave Law A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
- 6. a village in Virginia that was the site of the Confederate surrender to Union forces under the command of General Ulysses
- 8. Scott decision A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
- 9. weakness for the south
- 11. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
- 13. pro for the North
- 15. weaknesses for the North
- 16. location pro for the south
- 17. another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union
Down
- 1. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- 2. pro for the south
- 4. The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
- 5. A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy
- 7. pro for the North
- 10. pro for the North
- 12. a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
- 14. pro for the North