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Down: 1) Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina that was the site of the first military engagement of the American Civil War 2) The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a law that required the return of slaves to their owners, even if they were in a free state. 6) The compromise admitted California to the United States as a “free” (no slavery) state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves8) The Dred Scott decision was the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom.12) The Anaconda Plan was a strategy developed by Union General Winfield Scott to defeat the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Across: 3) Gettysburg is a small town in Pennsylvania that is the site of several notable events, including a Civil War battle and a famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln4) In 1854, the Republican Party was founded in the Northern United States by forces opposed to the expansion of slavery, ex-Whigs, and ex-Free Soilers. The Republican Party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant Democratic Party and the briefly popular Know Nothing Party.5) Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina that was the site of the first military engagement of the American Civil War7) He became the most important leader of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century. 9) Sectionalism is the expression of loyalty or support for a particular region of one's country, rather than to the country as a whole.10) a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.11) a document issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free. 13) Appomattox refers to the surrender of the Confederate army to the Union forces during the American Civil War, as well as the village in Virginia where the surrender took place14) 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.15) The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
 

 

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