Civil War Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. First major surrender took place here, between Gen. Lee and Gen. Grant
  2. 5. In 1820 and 1850, the U.S. agreed to admit free and slave states
  3. 6. Debates between two politicians over whether to expand slavery West
  4. 10. _____ Compromise; Missouri admitted a slave state, Maine a free state
  5. 11. First shots of the Civil War fired here
  6. 12. U.S. Army, consists of Northern and border states
  7. 13. Largest Confederate surrender took place here, in North Carolina!
  8. 14. ____ Proclamation, issued by Lincoln in 1863, freed slaves in rebelling states
Down
  1. 1. State admitted as free due to Compromise of 1850
  2. 3. The People Choose, in this case over whether to allow slavery
  3. 4. Last major battle fought in Civil War, in Johnston County!
  4. 7. Battle was turning point in war, Union won
  5. 8. To leave a country; 11 Southern states did this in 1861
  6. 9. Eleven Southern rebelling states tried to form their own country