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2. military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
3. charge a bloody three-day battle that ended in a Union victory. This marked a turning point in the war and the South never tried to invade the North again.
7. general mcclellan found General Lee’s battle plans, but was slow to act. This battle had no clear winner, but boosted northern morale after General Lee ordered his troops to withdraw.
9. rule by the army instead of the elected government
11. agreement , proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay , to keep the number of slave and free states equal
12. showed the Union and the Confederacy that their soldiers needed training. It also showed the Union that the Confederate army could stand up to the Union army.
13. a law passed in 1846 that banned slavery in any territories won by the United states from Mexico
14. thisbattle was fought in the west by General Grant’s Union army. The Union army won, but it was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
15. political party established in the United states in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
16. northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern statesin te the union
17. slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil war
18. a law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves

1. to withdraw from membership in a group
4. theconfederate army defeated the Union army in three days, but the Confederate army lost one of it's best generals (Stonewall Jackson).
5. law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
6. an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas , giving the settlers the right
8. in the mid - 1800s a term referring the idea that each territory could decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery
10. a person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money