unit 8 vocabulary

Edit Answers
123456789101112131415161718192021222324
Across
  1. 6. the congress not having a right to ban slavery in the west
  2. 8. the right of people to create their government
  3. 10. remove
  4. 12. law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
  5. 15. failed Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
  6. 17. all out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat
  7. 20. slave state that remained in the union during the civil war
  8. 21. The Confederate army defeated the Union army in three days, but the Confederate army lost one of it's best generals (Stonewall Jackson)
  9. 23. 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
  10. 24. faced this dilemma when lincoln asked him to command the union army
Down
  1. 1. 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
  2. 2. political party established in the united states in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territory
  3. 3. requiring all citizens to help catch African Americans trying to escape slavery
  4. 4. northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union
  5. 5. person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money
  6. 7. speech made by president lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
  7. 9. lincoln’s 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy
  8. 11. 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
  9. 13. creating a peaceful solution to the threat of secession by the south and civil war
  10. 14. rule by the army instead of the elected government
  11. 16. an 1857 supreme court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
  12. 18. 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
  13. 19. keeping the number of slaves and free states equal
  14. 22. military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender