The Civil War

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