Chapter 12: The Civil War

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Across
  1. 5. ____________ was one of the most important ways that women helped in the Civil War. 212
  2. 8. The goals of Sherman’s March to the Sea was to be _______________, frightening, and bring an end to the war. 219
  3. 9. The _______ ____ ______ _________was a critical center for shipping goods and resources. 215
  4. 11. A Union strategy to block Southern ports and the Mississippi River to stop the shipment of goods 204
  5. 12. The _____________ __________ participated in many major battles such as the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Gettysburg. 215
  6. 13. Many historians say General __________________ was the most capable of all the Union generals. 203
  7. 14. The Union victory in the Battle of ____________ ended Confederate hopes for invading the North. 217
Down
  1. 1. The Battle of Antietam improved the attitude of the North toward the war and enabled President Lincoln to issue the _______________ _______________. 208
  2. 2. Louisiana contributed to the Southern economy and ______________ war effort with agricultural resources like cotton and sugar. 215
  3. 3. The Civil War ended when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in the town of ____________ ____________ ____________, Virginia. 220
  4. 4. General _________________ opposed secession but chose not to fight against his home state 203
  5. 6. 200,000 Black soldiers and sailors fought for the _____________. 210
  6. 7. The Emancipation Proclamation allowed ______________ to enlist in the Union Army and join the cause to free their enslaved brethren in the South. 210
  7. 10. The Battle of ____________ allowed the Union to take control of the Mississippi River. 217