Across
- 2. In 1863 Civil War battle in virginia important victory for the confederacy
- 3. One of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- 5. 1863 declaration by president Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- 6. An agreement, proposed in 1819 by henry clay to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- 10. A virginia town was the site of confederate surrender in 1865
- 14. An ironclad union warship
- 17. to suggest something for people to consider
- 20. Agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- 22. A fort in south carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
- 23. To surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- 27. Government by consent of the governed
- 30. Something that comes before or introducing to something
- 32. An ironclad warship used by confederates in an attempt to break the union blockade
- 33. in 1862 civil war battle in tennessee that ended in a union victory
- 35. A law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- 38. 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
- 41. The failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettyburg
- 42. To be made up of
- 43. Having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- 45. In 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union Victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
- 47. A political party established in the united states in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of western territories
- 48. Making it easy for something to happen1.Battle of Bull Run-The first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- 49. To publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
Down
- 1. A type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit and run tactics
- 4. An American African unit in Union Army
- 7. The right now to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crim
- 8. Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- 9. A runaway
- 11. The first major battle of civil war fought in Virginia in 1861
- 12. A northerner who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the union
- 13. To prove something by being an example of it
- 15. the bipartisan anti slavery party founded in the united states in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- 16. A slave state that remained in the union during the Civil War
- 18. The speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- 19. To find an answer or solution to something
- 21. Very Important
- 24. A war between the same country
- 25. in 1862 civil war battle in maryland also called the battle of sharpsburg
- 26. To keep in an existing state
- 28. To withdraw from membership in a group
- 29. In 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- 31. A rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- 34. A place where guns are stored
- 36. A tax on peoples earnings
- 37. A person who dies for his or her beliefs
- 39. An Agreement over slavery by which california joined the union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- 40. Not eager to do something
- 44. To suggest something without saying it directly or plainlyUnamendable Unable to be changed
- 46. A betrayal of or action against one's country