Civil War Crossword

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  1. 2. Required all citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves.
  2. 4. Union had a major advantage in ______ mileage, allowing them to transport troops/supplies more rapidly
  3. 6. A person who wanted to end slavery.
  4. 10. Northern Civil War strategy to starve (or squeeze) the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River
  5. 13. A legal principle that protects individuals from arbitrary detention; President Lincoln suspended it during the Civil War to deal with dissent and maintain public order.
  6. 16. Confederate General Lee surrenders to Union General Grant at _______ Court House in Virginia on April 9th, 1865.
  7. 18. New bullet used in the Civil War, l increased the effective lethal range of the standard infantry unit from a maximum of 100 yards to 300 yards.
  8. 20. Led the "March to the Sea" campaign and implemented total war tactics.
  9. 21. An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry
  10. 23. Famous Civil War photographer
  11. 24. Leader of the Union Army at the end of the war, future POTUS.
  12. 25. executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in the Confederate states
  13. 26. ________ was the first state to secede.
  14. 28. Marked the beginning of the Civil War
  15. 29. President of the Confederacy
  16. 30. Founder of the American Red Cross, provided medical aid during the war.
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  1. 1. the tendency to be more concerned with the interests of your ]region than with the problems and interests of the country
  2. 3. A period of violent political confrontations between anti-slavery "Free-Staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffians"
  3. 5. POTUS during the Civil War
  4. 7. Repealed the Missouri Compromise
  5. 8. POTUS that appealed to the "common" man, expanded rights for non land-owning Whites.
  6. 9. deadliest single day in United States history, with over 22,000 casualties.
  7. 11. Leader of Confederate Army, was a renowned general
  8. 12. Whats my favorite class?
  9. 14. sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  10. 15. California Admitted as a Free State in this legislation
  11. 17. The idea that people should have the right to decide.
  12. 19. Slave states that did not secede from the Union
  13. 22. Who came out victorious in the Battle of Gettysburg?
  14. 27. was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves in a milestone Supreme Court decision.