The Civil War

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Across
  1. 1. Not favoring either side.
  2. 4. A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.
  3. 6. Was an enslaved man who had been owned by a U.S. Army doctor, who was then brought to live in the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery is illegal.
  4. 8. The president during the Civil War
  5. 10. Runaway enslaved people.
  6. 11. Passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, eager to develop lands in Illionois, and debated against Abraham Lincoln.
  7. 13. Another Union army General, who advanced toward Atlanta, and was a tough soldier. Believed in total war and the Confederates couldn't stop his advances(middle name too).
  8. 15. Was put as General after the Union's defeat at Bull Run. His army trained for seven months, but didn't attack.
  9. 16. A general rise in prices.
  10. 18. Slave states that did not secede.
  11. 19. All-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army, its resources, and its people's will to fight.
  12. 20. Withdraw
Down
  1. 2. Took over for George McClellan, and led the most successful Union armies.
  2. 3. An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender.
  3. 5. A tax on the money people receive.
  4. 7. Northerner who was affected by the Fugitive Slave Act, who published Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  5. 9. Meant that people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide.
  6. 12. A system of required military service.
  7. 14. covered with protective iron plates.
  8. 17. A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it.