Civil War and Reconstruction

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Across
  1. 2. Battle strategy implemented by the Union to cut off supplies for the Confederacy
  2. 5. Issue that tore the United States apart and led to secession and the Civil War
  3. 6. Texas governor that urged Texans to remain loyal or neutral to the United States
  4. 8. The South's argument to preserve slavery
  5. 10. Holiday celebrating when slaves in Texas learned of their freedom
  6. 12. President during the Civil War but was killed days after the end of the war
  7. 13. Political party that wanted to return to the antebellum South following the Civil War
  8. 14. Person who assassinated President Lincoln
  9. 15. Process of rebuilding the South and reuniting the Union
Down
  1. 1. Battle that prevented the Union from gaining access to a major railroad in Houston
  2. 3. Type of agriculture popular in the South during the Civil War era
  3. 4. Means of communication using electrical wires, signals, and Morse code
  4. 7. Confederate forces recaptured the port and it remained in their hands until the end of the war
  5. 9. In 1861, southern states broke away from the Union
  6. 11. Group of people that carried out roles during the Civil War normally maintained by men
  7. 16. War that caused a decline in cotton production