| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| GAY | Party to many a civil union |
| fine | forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action |
| NEBR | First st. to join the Union after the end of the Civil War |
| secessions | The withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War |
| DAD | Party to many a camping trip |
| gerrymander | the dividing of an area into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while reducing the strength of the othe |
