Civil War Crossword
Across
- 3. War, an unrestricted conflict where nations mobilize all available resources—industrial, civilian, and military—to achieve total victory. It blurs the lines between combatants and non-combatants.
- 5. Address, was a famous speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- 7. States, the name the Northern states went by during the Civil War.
- 8. War, a war fought between members of the same country.
- 10. the sustained general increase in the prices of goods and services across an economy over time.
- 12. the formal voluntary withdrawal of a state, region, or group from a larger political entity, such as a country or union.
- 14. the first national paper currency issued by the U.S. federal government in 1862 to finance the Civil War.
- 15. a holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US.
- 16. Lincoln, was the 16th president of the United States of America.
Down
- 1. Barton, creator of the American Red Cross
- 2. identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
- 4. Proclamation, the speech given by Abraham Lincoln that stated, "declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states currently in rebellion are, and henceforward shall be free."
- 6. State, the slave-holding states located between the North and South that did not secede during the U.S. Civil War, remaining loyal to the Union.
- 9. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
- 11. Amendment, what amendment would abolish slavery in the states.
- 13. States, the name the Southern states went by during the Civil War.