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- 3. E. Lee an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army
- 5. an infantry assault ordered by Confederate
- 7. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside
- 11. any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War
- 15. of Antietam________________
- 16. of Gettysburg________________
- 17. a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
- 18. is part of the seven principles, that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people
- 20. 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.
- 22. a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and one of the best-known speeches in American history
- 23. Law military government involving the suspension of ordinary law
- 25. law passed in 1846 that banned salvery in any territories won by the USA from Mexico
- 26. Act It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders
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- 1. Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party
- 2. a vocal faction of Democrats in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates
- 4. Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. ... Abolitionists nicknamed it the "Bloodhound Law" for the dogs that were used to track down runaway slaves.
- 6. of Bull Run______________
- 8. compulsory recruitment for military service
- 9. 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.
- 10. Agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay
- 12. Scott v. Sandford a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law
- 13. withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
- 14. Confederate army defeated the Union army in three days, but the Confederate army lost one of it's best generals (Stonewall Jackson).
- 18. A war profiteer is any person or organization that profits from warfare or by selling weapons and other goods to parties at war
- 19. 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.
- 21. the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished
- 24. a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded
- 27. 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.