Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. Clay Senator who supported the Compromise of 1850
  2. 5. President of the Union
  3. 8. This act made assisting a fugitive slave to freedom in any way a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment
  4. 9. To break away from the rest of the states, form their own nation
  5. 13. This compromise allowed California to be admitted as a free state, new territories in the west would be decided by popular sovereignty, and the Fugitive Slave Law
  6. 15. Warships with very tough Oak walls with iron sheets on the sides
  7. 18. The North
  8. 20. Unfair treatment
  9. 23. Address by Lincoln in which he "freed" the enslaved people of the South
  10. 24. Soldiers on horseback
  11. 25. The South
  12. 26. A system where residents vote to decide an issue
  13. 27. An unfair opinion not based on facts
  14. 28. Established that Congress could not ban slavery and slaves could not sue for their freedom since they are not citizens
  15. 29. Laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people
  16. 30. In the civil war the states between the north and the south: delaware, mayland, kentucky, and missouri
Down
  1. 1. First state to secede from the United States
  2. 3. Famous Confederate General who surrendered to General Grant
  3. 4. A system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
  4. 6. The right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  5. 7. These people believed that since the states voluntarily joined the Union, they can also choose to leave.
  6. 10. President of the Confederacy
  7. 11. People who sought to end slavery in the United States in the early 1800s
  8. 12. The compromise that blocked slavery north of 36*30' N
  9. 14. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and called for popular sovereignty to decide whether slavery would be allowed within new states
  10. 16. Senate Debates which set the stage for Lincoln's presidential campaign event though he didn't win the Senate seat
  11. 17. Lead the raid of Harper's Ferry in 1858
  12. 19. Armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into and out of an area
  13. 21. The main export of the Southern Economy
  14. 22. Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.