The Civil War

3. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
5. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America
8. Also called the North or the United States,
9. A state of bondage in which African Americans are owned by whites
11. To admit defeat and give up
12. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
13. A political party generally against slavery and its expansion into the territories
14. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri

1. The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories
2. Troops, like the National Guard
4. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
6. Also called the Union
7. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States
10. A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories
11. Also called the Confederacy