Chapters 11&12 The Civil War Bonus Puzzle For Q3
Across
- 2. This novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe highlighted the evils of slavery and converted millions of people to be against slavery
- 4. These states were slaveholding states that did not secede from the Union and were located on the edge of both the north and south
- 5. This was the tiny village in Virginia where Grant and Lee met to sign the surrender terms to end the Civil War
- 9. This side was in the south during the Civil war and seceded and left the United States
- 10. This city was the Confederate Capital during the Civil War
- 11. This Union fort was attacked by the Confederacy with a 34 hour bombardment which was the first military action of the Civil War
- 12. I was president of the Union during the Civil War
- 14. This made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves even in the free states
- 16. This given by Abraham Lincoln stated "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- 17. The siege of this city helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River from the Confederates as they starved out their army and citizens by cutting off the railway of the confederates
- 23. I was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
- 24. She was a famous nurse during the Civil War that helped found the Red Cross organization and organize battlefield medicine
- 25. There was a first and second battle near this stream which became the first battle of the Civil War which exposed the hesitant Union Commander Irvin McDowell
- 26. This was the name of the Union plan for the Civil War which included a blockade, to control the Mississippi River, and to control its capital Washington D.C.
- 28. This was an event in territories that were voting to decide slavery that turned violent with looting, pillaging, and attacks over the slavery issue
Down
- 1. I was the Confederate lead military commander and overall General for the Confederates during the Civil War
- 3. This was a military operation in which the Union attacked Atlanta and then destroyed homes and pillaged there way to Savannah attempting to destroy southern morale to fight
- 6. This was a system of dots and dashes to allow for long distance communication of brief messages by sending electric pulses
- 7. He was a slave who sued for his freedom but the supreme court ruled against him and stated African Americans could not be citizens of the United States
- 8. This Confederate prison in Georgia had horrific conditions leading to one-third of the prisoners dying
- 13. This 3 day battle in Pennsylvania became the turning point of the Civil War for the Union
- 15. I led a raid of an arsenal in Harpers Ferry Virginia that ultimately failed and I was hung
- 18. He was attacked and beaten with a cane after his abolitionist speech that challenged slavery
- 19. I became the Union General that would succeed during the later half of the Civil War with my unconditional surrender and total war tactics and eventually became president
- 20. I famously debated Abraham Lincoln for a spot in the Senate with my for slavery/against African American citizenship stance
- 21. This became the nickname of Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson who stopped the Union advance using the high ground early on in the War
- 22. This battle was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War with over 23,000 casualties
- 27. This side was in the north during the Civil War and was loyal to the federal government and did not secede