Civil War
Across
- 2. troops trained to fight on horseback
- 6. very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
- 9. Southern states seceded from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the Civil War.
- 10. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
- 14. President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
- 15. A ship made of iron usually used in the navy.
- 16. states that bordered between the slave states and the free states
- 18. army unit smaller than a division
- 19. a cap with a flat circular top and a visor
- 20. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
- 21. a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
Down
- 1. a knife fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
- 3. To leave or withdraw
- 4. a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel
- 5. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)
- 7. a statement that is added to a proposal or document
- 8. president of the Confederacy
- 11. The northern states who wanted the south to stay.
- 12. The southern states who seceded due to wanting more control.
- 13. plan used by the north
- 17. leave in order to join an opposing cause, country, or army