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2. Address/(1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg
5. Lincoln/16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
7. Scott/American slave who sued his master for keeping him enslaved in a territory where slavery was banned under the missouri Compromise
10. T. Sherman/general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south
11. plan/Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy
13. Reconstruction/Majority of white men must swear oath of loyalty, new government must ban slaver and ratify 13th Amendment, Confederate officials may vote and hold office
14. of 1850/Agreement on the North getting California as a free state and the south getting the fugitive slave act
15. action by a state that cancels a federal law to which the state objects
16. war camp in Georgia with terrible conditions for soldiers

1. break away or leave from the union
3. Runners/people who sneaked goods through the Civil War blockade
4. Platform/Georgia supported compromise of 1850 and stay in union as long as North enforced FSA
6. Stephens/He was the vice-president of the Confederacy until 1865 when it was defeated and destroyed by the Union. Like the other leaders of the Confederacy, he was under indictment for treason.
8. Code/Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
9. rights/the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
12. Reconstruction/A process led by the Radical Republicans that led to the usage of military force to protect blacks' rights.