Civil War Vocab

3. law which established the Kansas and Nebraska territories and allowed for
5. power between slave states and free states
6. an agreement where both sides give up something in order to reach a goal
8. a leading figure in the abolitionist movement in the pre-Civil War United States
9. to withdraw from an organization
11. an agreement made to keep
12. A nickname given to people supporting the Confederate States
13. to decide on the issue of slavery.
14. formerly escaped slave who wrote a book about his life and became an influential speaker in the North
16. A term meaning "before war"
17. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
19. a settlement in a new country or region
20. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
21. a tactic where a military force surrounds a city to control

1. A person who wanted to eliminate slavery.
2. Battle in Pennsylvania that was the turning point of the Civil War
4. an encounter of two armies
7. Antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 with the goal of keeping slavery
10. The idea that a territory could vote whether or not to have slavery
15. of the western states.
18. a league of persons, parties, or states