BA Civil War Review Crossword

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  1. 3. Lincoln's first commanding general, fired in 1862 for failing to chase Confederate Gen. Lee after Antietam; ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election
  2. 6. _____ Plan, Lincoln's strategy of blockading Southern ports and trying to take the Mississippi River to surround the Confederacy with Union troops
  3. 11. Capital city of the Confederacy, nearly captured by Union Gen. McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign
  4. 12. Site of the first battle of the Civil War, in which Confederate forces bombarded a Union fort for almost 36 hours
  5. 13. During Reconstruction, members of this political party wanted to go easiest on the former Confederates, including paying them for lost or destroyed property
  6. 14. _____ Republicans; during Reconstruction, this group's top priority was guaranteeing African Americans civil rights
  7. 15. The writ of ______, suspended by Lincoln in the border states after war broke out to prevent those states from seceding
  8. 16. Site of the first major battle of the Civil War, won by the Confederacy, which illustrated to the Union that it would not be a short war
  9. 17. ______ Amendment, which outlawed slavery in the United States
  10. 19. Issued January 1, 1863, this act of President Lincoln's declared free all slaves living in the Confederate States
  11. 20. Site of the deadliest single-day battle in American history, the British decided not to ally with the Confederacy after the Union victory here
  12. 21. _____ Courthouse, site of Gen. Lee’s surrender to Gen. Grant on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War
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  1. 1. Site of a three-day battle, the deadliest in American history, in which the Union army under General Meade successfully turned back Confederate Gen. Lee’s invasion of the North
  2. 2. Commanding general of the Union forces later in the war
  3. 4. Lincoln's assassin, a famous actor who sympathized with the Confederacy
  4. 5. ______ Amendment, which guaranteed citizenship for African Americans, required states to respect the constitutional rights of all Americans, and prohibited former Confederates from holding office without a 2/3rds vote of Congress
  5. 7. Site of a 47-day siege by the Union army, and the final Confederate city to fall on the Mississippi, cutting the Confederacy in two
  6. 8. President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  7. 9. ______ Amendment, which prohibited preventing someone voting based on their race
  8. 10. Union Gen. Sherman’s victory here began his infamous march to the sea, during which his army looted and burned Confederate farms, homes, and infrastructure
  9. 18. Commanding general of the Confederate forces during the war