Civil War Crossword

A slave that unsuccessfully tried to sue the system for his and his family’s freedom
The people of the area get to vote on an issue and majority wins
Law that required Northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners in the South
The first Republican to gain office
For every free state added to the Union, a slave state must also be added
Led a slave uprising that lasted for 3 days and resulted in the deaths of 60 slaveholders
The only founding father that didn’t own any slaves
A territory that must have a population of at least 60,000, and petitions to become this to US Congress
Union Military post that was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861 that officially began the Civil War
The Southern states that seceded in 1861 from the United States
A document freeing slaves in Union controlled Confederate states (Did not fully end slavery)
Novel written to show Northerners the horrors of slavery (Written by Harriet Beacher Stone)
The Northern States at the time of the Civil War
General of the Confederacy (Considered to be the greatest general of all time)
Condition of being owned by someone else and forced to work
A politcal party formed in the 1850’s to stop slavery
Union strategy for winning by “squeezing” in on all sides of the South.
Slave states that remained in the union
President of the confederacy
A secret network that helped slaves escape into Canada years before the Civil War.