CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
Across
- 5. Attack in which Confederates opened fire on April 12, 1861, marking the beginning of the Civl War.
- 6. Democrats that called for a "cessation of hostilities" and a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
- 7. First state to secede from the Union.
- 10. A legal writ Lincoln suspended during the Civil War that forced government authorities to justify their arrests.
- 12. Term given to slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines by General Bulter during Civil War.
- 13. Union nurse that later founded the American Red Cross.
- 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. 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. Wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which heavily influenced the public's view on the Civil War.
- 3. Capital of the Confederacy.
- 4. President Lincoln issued this Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam, freeing all slaves in rebellious states.
- 8. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War in 1863 having 51,116 casualties.
- 9. President of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
- 11. Lieutenant General of the Union army who led the North to victory.
- 15. Republican president that promised during his inaugural address to preserve slavery but to prevent its expansion, in declaring the Union as "perpetual."