Across
- 4. - All out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat.
- 5. - Political party established in the Unified States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories.
- 8. - Lincoln’s 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy.
- 10. - the last failed Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 12. - Military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender.
- 13. - To withdraw from membership in a group.
- 15. - person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money.
- 18. - Agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal.
- 20. - Rule by the army instead of the elected government.
- 21. - General of the Confederate army.
- 22. - This battle was fought in the west by General Grant’s Union army. The Union army won, but it was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
- 23. - A slave state the remained in the Union during the Civil War.
- 24. - General McClellan found General Lee’s battle plans, but was slow to act. This battle had no clear winner, but boosted northern morale after General Lee ordered his troops to withdraw.
- 25. - A bloody three-day battle that ended in a Union victory. This marked a turning point in the war and the South never tried to invade the North again.
Down
- 1. - Law passed in 1846 that banned slavery in any territories won by the United States from Mexico.
- 2. - An 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- 3. - A term referring to the idea that each territory could decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery.
- 6. - The Confederate army defeated the Union army in three days, but the Confederate army lost one of it's best generals (Stonewall Jackson).
- 7. - An 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery.
- 9. - An agreement that allowed California to enter as a free state, ended the slave trade in Washington D.C., and had a strict fugitive slave law.
- 11. - battle that showed the Union and the Confederacy that their soldiers needed training. It also showed the Union that the Confederate army could stand up to the Union army.
- 14. - Speech made by President Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 16. - Law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves.
- 17. - Northerners who opposed using force to keep the South in the Union.
- 19. - Law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military.
