CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865

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Across
  1. 5. Attack in which Confederates opened fire on April 12, 1861, marking the beginning of the Civl War.
  2. 6. Democrats that called for a "cessation of hostilities" and a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
  3. 7. First state to secede from the Union.
  4. 10. A legal writ Lincoln suspended during the Civil War that forced government authorities to justify their arrests.
  5. 12. Term given to slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines by General Bulter during Civil War.
  6. 13. Union nurse that later founded the American Red Cross.
  7. 14. Mobilizing all of society's resources - economic, political, and cultural- in support of the North's military effort during the war and end of slavery in the South.
Down
  1. 1. After the war was over, the Constitution was amended to free them and assure “equal protection under the law” for American citizens, and to grant them the right to vote.
  2. 2. Wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which heavily influenced the public's view on the Civil War.
  3. 3. Capital of the Confederacy.
  4. 4. President Lincoln issued this Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam, freeing all slaves in rebellious states.
  5. 8. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War in 1863 having 51,116 casualties.
  6. 9. President of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
  7. 11. Lieutenant General of the Union army who led the North to victory.
  8. 15. Republican president that promised during his inaugural address to preserve slavery but to prevent its expansion, in declaring the Union as "perpetual."