A Civil War Crossword

In 1854, the U.S. Congress passed the _______ - ______ Act, which essentially opened all new territories to slavery by asserting the rule of popular sovereignty over congressional edict.
Opposition to the act (in 7 Across) in the North led to the formation of the ___________ Party, a new political entity based on the principle of opposing slavery’s extension into the western territories.
Supreme Court’s ruling in the _______ _________case (1857) confirmed the legality of slavery in the territories
In October 1859, the U.S. military arsenal at ______ _______ was the target of an assault by an armed band of abolitionists
The assault in 9 Across was led by _____ _______
Three months after the election of Lincoln, how many southern states seceded from the Unites States?
March 1861, Confederate forces threatened the federal-held ____ _____ in Charleston, South Carolina
Sumter’s commander, Major ______ ________, surrendered after less than two days of bombardment
In the spring of 1862, McClellan finally led his Army of the _________ up the peninsula between the York and James Rivers, capturing Yorktown on May 4.
Lincoln had used the occasion of the Union victory at _______ to issue a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all enslaved people in the rebellious states after January 1, 1863.
In 1863, The Confederates gained a costly victory in the Battle of __________, suffering 13,000 casualties (around 22 percent of their troops); the Union lost 17,000 men (15 percent).
July 1863, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant took __________(Mississippi) , a victory that would prove to be the turning point of the war in the western theater
In March 1864, Lincoln put Grant in supreme command of the Union armies, replacing Halleck. Leaving _________ in control in the West
The Battle of the ________________ marked the first stage of a major Union offensive toward the Confederate capital of Richmond
Sherman outmaneuvered Confederate forces to take Atlanta by September, after which he and some 60,000 Union troops began the famous “_____ __ __ ____,” devastating Georgia on the way to capturing Savannah on December 21
xhausted by the Union siege of Petersburg and Richmond, Lee’s forces made a last attempt at resistance, attacking and captured the Federal-controlled Fort _______on March 25
The combined forces of Robert E. Lee and Jackson successfully drove back McClellan’s army in the _____ _____ Battles (June 25-July 1)
Battle of Gettysburg,in which Union General _____ ______ defeated Confederate General Robert E. Lee, bringing an end to the Confederacy’s Northern invasion, as well as Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address.
Who has the most amazing mom? ______ _______
Who has best mom? _____ ______