Civil War Crossword

Formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
"The Little Giant"; U.S. senator from Illinois who worked to pass the Compromise of 1850
Network of abolitionists who secretly helped slaves escape to freedom
"The Black Moses", a conductor on the Underground Railroad
Abolitionist who used violence to accomplish his goals; led the Pottawatomie Massacre
Term used to describe the 1854-1856 violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas
The belief that native-born white Americans are superior to foreign-born immigrants
Political party formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into U.S. territories
Anti-slavery political party formed in 1854 in protest against the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Abolitionist newspaper editor who helped found the Republican Party
Mexican-American War hero and Republican Party candidate in the 1856 presidential election
Fifteenth POTUS (1857-1861), Democratic Party
Thirteenth POTUS (1850-1853), Whig Party
Slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court in 1857
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the lead opinion in the Dred Scott case
Sixteenth POTUS (1861-1865), Republican Party
The belief that popular sovereignty should decide whether territories are slave or free
Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861
Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy
Union general, accepted Lee's surrender
April 1862 Union victory in Tennessee noted for its large number of dead and wounded
Union ironclad ship
Confederate ironclad ship
Commander of the Confederate Army
September 1862 battle in Maryland that ended Lee's first invasion of the North; bloodiest single day of fighting during the war