'Murica Civil War

2. lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede
3. Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
4. confederate general
5. Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
8. Abolished slavery
10. the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit
13. bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the war with Mexico
14. 16th president of the US, was assassinated by Booth
16. rule by the army rather than of elected government
18. The most violent battle of the American Civil War that took place in PA and is frequently cited as the war's turning point, fought from July 1 - July 3, 1863.
19. federal agency set up in 1865 to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the South
21. The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the Mexican War and sought to expand the United States

1. the southern states that secede from the US in 1861
6. served as president of the Confederate States of America
7. new political party anti slavery roots national party
9. Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude
11. sherman's march to the sea
12. Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War
15. the Union (Northern) plan devised by General Winfield Scott to blockade the south and restrict its trade to win the war.
17. loyalty to ones own region of the country rather than to the nation as a whole
20. Stands for Ku Klux Klan and started right after the Civil War in 1866.