USH Unit 3 (MD-Civil War)

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  1. 5. Famous Leader of the Texas Independence Movement
  2. 7. Destruction of over $100 Million in Confederate Property by Union troops
  3. 8. National Law deeming escaped slaves as criminals and allocating national funding to their capture
  4. 10. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War resulting from Confederate troops crossing into Pennsylvania for supplies
  5. 12. Famous Slave deemed not a citizen by the Supreme Court
  6. 16. a ship used to evade Union blockades isolating the Southeast, earning a high profit for delivering to the Confederacy
  7. 21. “battle” deemed key to the outcome of the war, ending in Union victory after a lengthy siege
  8. 22. Bloodiest Single Day of conflict in the civil war
  9. 23. First “battle” of the civil war, where no men died
  10. 25. Union General responsible for offering honorable terms of surrender to the Confederacy
  11. 27. Chief Justice in the Dred Scott ruling
  12. 30. Union General known for preparedness over initiative to fight, fired by Lincoln and later his political opponent
  13. 32. In the Confederacy, these are perceived as being violated by mass conscription
  14. 33. Proposed military strategy for victory in the Civil War
  15. 34. Ship armored with metal and responsible for the end of the use of wooden ships in the Navy
  16. 35. Violent Abolitionist responsible for many deaths at Pottawatamie
  17. 36. SW Land awarded to the US following US victory in the Mexican American War
Down
  1. 1. Prominent Illinois Senator responsible for the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Acts
  2. 2. 10 Line speech given by Abraham Lincoln honoring those fallen in battle at the historic cemetery
  3. 3. Historic site of a raid organized by John Brown
  4. 4. Old Fuss and Feathers
  5. 6. Particularly cruel Union General known for his destruction of Georgia and the Carolinas
  6. 9. Proposed solution to settling slavery in new territories, by keeping formerly Mexican lands free
  7. 10. Treaty Responsible for the end of the Mexican American War
  8. 11. Violent response by immigrants to the institution of mass conscription in the Union
  9. 13. “explorer” responsible for assisting in the California revolt against Mexico
  10. 14. General Jackson’s counterpart, renowned Confederate General
  11. 15. Published by Lincoln following victory at the battle of Antietam
  12. 17. Tennessee battle where the CSA seeks retribution for Vicksburg, sieging Union troops
  13. 18. creation of two new territories where slavery will be decided by voting, occasionally ending in bloody conflict
  14. 19. Victor at Ft. Sumter
  15. 20. Texas for 9 years, before it was Texas
  16. 24. Confederate General who died in battle, after being shot by his own men
  17. 26. California Nation of Rebellion during Mexican American War
  18. 28. In the __________________ McClellan will run against Lincoln for the Presidency
  19. 29. Site of the end of the Civil War
  20. 31. Famous Leader of the Texas Independence Movement and future President of the Lone Star Republic