Across
- 4. Six states seceded from the Union between 1860-1861
- 8. feared a freed slave population and chose neutrality to avoid a Union invasion
- 10. A person who applies for a job or is nominated for an election
- 14. Where the first shots were fired to begin the Civil War
- 18. Dissolved its membership in the Union on December 20,1860
- 19. He supported slavery in the states and territories
- 21. An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
- 23. Justified in terms of profitability
- 25. A process of voting, typically in secret
- 26. The state of being a slave
- 27. Seceded on January 19, 1861
- 28. This allowed for a quick production of printed messages to improve battlefield communication
- 29. Used to spy on one another
- 30. The first state to secede
Down
- 1. He was pro-slavery but devoted to the idea of popular sovereignty
- 2. Four nominees from 3 different parties went against each other to win the title of president
- 3. What did the first shots at Fort Sumter result in
- 5. Relating to or using technology
- 6. Gave the North an advantage in transporting technology
- 7. Based on or derived from the physical features of an area
- 9. A decision caused by slavery split this state in to two places
- 11. He grew up in Mississippi on a plantation,was president of the Confederacy, and hoped to create a separate republic by defeating the Union and establishing Legitimacy
- 12. Plan of action designed to achieve an overall goal, such as how to win a war
- 13. He supported nothing unless it was stated in the constitution
- 15. To withdraw from a political union ( In this case the United States)
- 16. Was the last state to secede and did it on June 8, 1861
- 17. Seceded on May 20, 1861
- 20. Ideas or policies supported by a political party in an election
- 22. He vowed to stop the spread of slavery
- 24. A way to send long-distance messages through a wire