Across
- 2. states where slavery was not legal.
- 7. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
- 11. the act of making legally null and void
- 13. Union victory; this one day battle allowed Union forces to inch closer to the city in the Atlanta Campaign; was not the battle that allowed Union Troops to occupy the city.
- 14. compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20' line of latitude.
- 15. position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850.
- 16. act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
- 17. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
- 19. Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga.
- 20. infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp.
Down
- 1. involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.
- 3. all of the assets that are used or can be used by the enemy are targeted, such as food sources, transportation, communications, industrial resources, and even the people in the area; Sherman employed this policy during his March to the Sea campaign.
- 4. election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln's election Southern states seceded from the Union.
- 5. Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River. It was called the Anaconda Plan as the strategy resembled an anaconda squeezing its prey to death.
- 6. a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864; a Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from May 1864-September 1864 with the Atlanta as the ultimate objective; Sherman's army marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Included the battles of Dalton (Union victory), Resaca (Union victory), and Kennesaw Mountain (Confederate victory; only Union loss during the campaign).
- 8. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
- 9. Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from November 15-December 25, 1864 with Savannah being the ultimate objective; more importantly Sherman used a "scorched earth" policy to end the South's will to fight.
- 10. The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
- 12. document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.
- 18. the belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.