Civil War Crossword
Across
- 2. A large farm in the southern United States
- 5. large-caliber guns
- 8. when southern states chose to leave the United States
- 11. issued by Lincoln
- 14. a person who wanted to end slavery
- 15. a group of states that left the United States
- 16. nickname for the South
- 17. soldier that is wounded or killed during battle
- 20. nickname for the United States paper money
Down
- 1. law that says escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners
- 3. murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
- 4. putting local interests and customs ahead
- 6. name given to the South supporting the Confederates
- 7. "before war"
- 9. states that stayed loyal to the United States government
- 10. a long gun with a smooth bore
- 12. nickname for the Northerners who were against the Civil War
- 13. states that did not leave the Union
- 18. crackers that the Civil War soldiers ate
- 19. the side of an army or military unit