Civil War

2. S. Grant- Commander of the Union Army.
4. Sumter- The site of the first shots of the Civil War.
5. E. Lee- Commander of the Confederate Army
8. A military tactic used by the Union to restrict trade with the Confederacy.
11. A major crop of the South that was essential to its economy.
12. Lincoln- President of the United States during the Civil War
13. Rights- A belief that states should have the power to make their own decisions, particularly concerning slavery.
14. Railroad- A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to freedom.

1. The site of a major Union victory and a turning point in the war.
2. The name for the Northern states during the Civil War
3. The institution that was a primary cause of the Civil War.
6. Proclamation- An order issued by President Lincoln that freed slaves in Confederate-controlled areas.
7. Amendment- The constitutional amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States.
9. The name for the Southern states that seceded from the Union
10. Davis- President of the Confederacy
12. Court House- The site where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.
13. To withdraw from an organization, in this case, the Union.