Across
- 2. A betrayal of or action against one's country.
- 3. unable to be changed
- 6. making it easy for something to happen
- 8. the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- 14. a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- 16. an agreement over slavery by which california joined the union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- 17. an 1863 declaration by president lincoln freeing enslaved african americans in confederate territory
- 19. A political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories.
- 22. Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas.
- 23. something that comes before or is introductory to something
- 26. an ironclad Union warship
- 28. an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- 31. an aferican american unit in the union army
- 36. to prove something by being an example of it
- 40. to find an answer or solution to something
- 41. To publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad.
- 43. a northener who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union
- 44. A type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics.
- 46. the failed confederate charge during the third day of battle of gettysburg
- 48. an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- 49. to withdraw from membership in a group
- 50. the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the united states in 1848 to keep slavey out of the western territories
- 51. the speech made by president Lincoln in 1863 after the battle of Gettysburg
Down
- 1. An 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories.
- 4. an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- 5. a tax on peoples earnings
- 7. To keep in an existing state.
- 9. a virginia town that was the site of the confederate surrender in 1865
- 10. having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- 11. to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- 12. A person who dies for his or her beliefs.
- 13. to be made up of
- 15. government by consent of the governed
- 18. A place where guns are stored.
- 20. a law the requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- 21. An 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.
- 24. very important
- 25. agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- 27. a runaway
- 29. an agreement proposed in 1819 by henry clay to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- 30. in 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- 32. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- 33. to rise in prises and a decrease in the value of money
- 34. in 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- 35. an 1863 Civil War battle in pennsylvania that ended in a union victory and stopped the condederate invasion of the north
- 37. onw of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- 38. a war between people of the same country
- 39. not eager to do something
- 42. to suggest something for people to consider
- 45. a fort in south carolina that was the site of an attack by the african american 54th massachusetts regiment in 1863
- 47. to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender