Across
- 1. in 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
- 8. the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; aslo called the Battle of ManassasVirginia - an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade Virginia - an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- 11. a place where guns are stored
- 12. an 1857 Supreme Court case brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- 14. the party’s main goal was to keep slavery out of the western territories
- 18. an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- 19. in 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union’s worst defeats
- 20. replaced the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, which slave owners believed was too weak
- 21. a northern who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- 22. remove themselves, from the United States
- 23. not able to be amended
- 24. the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- 31. to publicly state that some action or person is
- 32. to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- 33. an ironclad Union warship
- 34. having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- 37. kept the number of slave and free states equal
- 40. the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- 42. a tax on people’s earnings
- 43. to keep in an existing state
- 44. to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- 45. a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- 47. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware
- 49. something that comes before or is introductory to something
- 50. is a war between people of the same country
- 51. very important
Down
- 2. in 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- 3. a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- 4. a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- 5. a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- 6. an African American unit in the Union army
- 7. a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
- 9. making it easy for something to happen
- 10. to suggest something for people to consider
- 13. in 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
- 15. a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
- 16. a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
- 17. in 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- 25. he had been to sick to continue
- 26. a betrayal of or action against one’s country
- 27. to prove something by being an example of it
- 28. in 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- 29. the right of people to create their government
- 30. to be made up of
- 35. an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- 36. proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- 38. not eager to do somethingDemonstrate - to prove something by being an example of it
- 39. the right no to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- 41. to find an answer or solution to something
- 46. African Americans who had fled slavery, be returned to their owners
- 48. the willingness to accept laws whether or not a person agreed with those laws