Civil War Era

5. person who wanted emancipation for slaves at once
7. Constitutional Amendment prohibiting slavery
12. Southern Democratic candidate of 1860
15. place where Lee surrendered to Grant
16. name of Confederate general who was successful in the early parts of the war
18. nurse during the war who founded the American Red Cross
19. law about escaped slaves that many abolitionists refused to follow
20. black abolitionist who published the North Star
21. Northern Democratic candidate of 1860
23. antislavery novel that played on people's sympathies
25. belief that blacks couldn't care for themselves with whites' guidance
28. name for slave states that fought for the Union
29. person against slavery
30. first federal fort the South attacked
31. name for military draft

1. Confederate general from Virginia who was the commander of the army
2. woman who helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad
3. last attempt by Southern leaders to negotiate before the war
4. first major battle in which the South's win shocked the North
6. Union's war strategy to defeat the South using blockades
8. writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin
9. battle that the North won, turning the tide in the war
10. leader of the Confederacy
11. abolitionist who published the Liberator newspaper
13. Confederate economic problem during the war that made its money practically worthless
14. Southern farmer who owned a little land and few slaves
17. Constitutional Union Party candidate during 1860 election
19. organization to help blacks find work, shelter, and education
22. when businesses charged the government extra for war products
24. people who criticized Lincoln for destroying the South during the war
26. Republican president who won the election of 1860
27. name of General Sherman's destruction of Atlanta to the sea