Across
- 2. a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.
- 4. a league or alliance, especially in the south.
- 6. proclamation, a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
- 9. Line, the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, taken as the northern limit of the slave-owning states before the abolition of slavery.
- 10. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
- 11. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
- 12. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
- 13. type of biscuit or cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt.
- 14. covered or protected with iron.
Down
- 1. person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
- 3. withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
- 5. a derogatory term used by people from the south to refer to people loyal to the north.
- 7. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
- 8. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
- 12. States, any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.