Civil War Crossword

Served as the 16th president of the United States
It was the Union's strategy to defeat the Confederacy
The first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil
Who seceded from the United States in 1861
People who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War
The party that support a decentralized government and state's rights
A Rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients and created the first wave of US mental asylums
Who sued for freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil. But ruling on the case was that he was a black slave and not a citizen, so he had no rights
The last fort in the south that belonged to the Union
The political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
The Civil War's most famous battle because of its large size, high cost in lives, location in a northern state, and for President Abraham Lincoln's Address
The commander the Andersonville Prison
A policy that protects the interests of native-born
The belief that ultimate power resides in the people
When John Brown and followers murdered 5 pro-slavery settlers in Kansas then mutilated their bodies to scare other slave supporters and to keep slavery supporters from moving into Kansas
The organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters
The Antislavery political party that formed in the 1850's
The withdrawal of the eleven Southern States from the Union in 1860
The Northern States plus the four Southern States that stayed with the United States
This siege ended in the seizure of the Mississippi River by the Union
The 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico