Civil War

3. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
4. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
9. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
10. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
13. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
14. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.

1. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
2. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
5. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
6. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
7. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
8. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
9. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
11. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
12. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.