US History Prehistory-1865 Review Crossword

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  1. 3. this battle is considered by many historians to be the turning point in the Civil War
  2. 6. The ________ states were states where slavery was legal but they stayed loyal to the Union
  3. 9. The Treaty of _________ ended the Mexican-American War
  4. 10. This was the movement to free the slaves over a longer period of time
  5. 11. Civil War general who would later become president of the United States
  6. 12. This was the idea that the winner of an election got to give benefits to their friends and supporters that was started by Andrew Jackson
Down
  1. 1. This was the snakelike war strategy of the Union to surround and cut off the South to win the Civil War
  2. 2. Former slave that was freed and became a famous leader of the abolition movement
  3. 4. This period was the time following the Civil War that ended with the Compromise of 1877
  4. 5. He won the Election of 1860 that would cause the start of the Civil War
  5. 7. The _______ Proclamation was a speech given by Lincoln that declared that the slaves from the Confederacy were now free
  6. 8. People who rented land from a landowner to farm and repaid their loans using their crops.