Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. When a country's prices go up but the value of money goes down
  2. 3. a strategy that involves ships blocking trade routes so the enemy can't receive their valuable resources
  3. 6. People who used force to keep the South in the Union were given this nickname
  4. 8. African American abolitionist that helped recruit black troops for the Union army
  5. 9. An order from the government that requires citizens to serve in their armed forces
  6. 10. a formal announcement
  7. 12. Founder of the American Red Cross
  8. 14. Slave who sued the government when his owner took him to a free state
  9. 15. to break away from the Union
Down
  1. 1. a tax on people's earnings
  2. 2. The agreement that kept the number of slave states and free states equal
  3. 4. Story written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the horrors of slavery
  4. 5. battle strategy that involves surprise attacks
  5. 7. New technology that was developed during the Civil War that showed the horrors of battle
  6. 11. The right of people to create their own government
  7. 13. When you need to remove an arm or leg due to infection