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- 1. An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
- 3. A political party in the 1850s that opposed immigration and Catholic influence in the U.S., promoting nativist policies.
- 4. The first full-scale battle of the Civil War.
- 5. The practice of supporting the wants and needs of residents of a given area over the interests of immigrants.
- 7. Fought exclusively in and around Texas, New Mexico, Califorstates that territories canMexico between 1846 and 1848.
- 8. Someone dishonest and untrustworthy.
- 10. The act of becoming independent and no longer part of a country, area, or organization.
- 11. Laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people.
- 15. A small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there.
- 17. The Union’s strategy to defeat the Confederacy. It aimed to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River, effectively cutting off supplies and squeezing the South like a giant snake.
- 21. A series of laws and policies established by Congress in the aftermath of the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.
- 25. Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing settlers to decide through popular sovereignty whether slavery would be allowed.
- 26. To attach as an addition.
- 28. Were ironclad warships that famously fought in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862 during the American Civil War.
- 29. The idea that the people of a territory should have the right to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
- 30. A formerly enslaved woman.
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- 2. Also known as the Ten Percent Plan, allowed Confederate states to rejoin the Union if they met certain conditions.
- 6. Allowed the U.S. to buy land from Mexico in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million, helping to establish a southern route for a transcontinental railroad.
- 9. A political idea that stated that territories could decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty.
- 12. An agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management.
- 13. A federal agency that helped formerly enslaved people in the United States transition to freedom.
- 14. A group of people, countries, and organizations.
- 16. A proposed law that aimed to ban slavery in any territory gained from Mexico after the Mexican-American War, but it was never passed.
- 18. Abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories.
- 19. Originally known as the Womens Rights Convention, as they fought for the social, civil and religious rights of women.
- 20. A member of the Republican Party committed to the emancipation of enslaved people.
- 22. An outsider who pretends to be an insider.
- 23. Admitted California as a free state, strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act, and allowed popular sovereignty in new territories to ease North-South tensions.
- 24. A law that required escaped enslaved people to be returned to their owners, even from free states, and penalized anyone who helped them.
- 27. The legal principle that protects an individual’s right to be brought before a court to determine if their detention is lawful.