Civil War Crossword
Across
- 3. Given by Lincoln to reassure Americans why they were fighting
- 6. Democrates that advocated peace with the south
- 7. Name for Northern States during the Civil Wa
- 9. Turning point of the Civil War
- 11. one of only two Confderate holdouts preventing the Union from taking complete control of the Mississippi River
- 13. Confederate General
- 14. the bloodiest single day in American military history, resulting in approximately 23,000 casualties
- 18. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
- 20. Loyal to the Confederate States
- 21. Republic formed by 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States between 1860 & 1861
- 24. President during the Civil War
- 26. Person who shot & killed President Lincoln
- 27. Last name of Union nurse who cared for the sick
- 28. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
- 30. Recieving foreign aid - recognition of southern independence
Down
- 1. Term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.
- 2. The favoring of Native-born Americans over immigrants
- 4. a secret network of people and safe houses that helped enslaved Black people escape the American South to free states and Canada before and during the Civil War.
- 5. Sunk off the Coast of Virginia in 1861
- 8. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
- 10. Church where Grant gathered his troops
- 12. Two major clashes fought in Virginia
- 15. All slaves living in areas under Conderfate control are now free
- 16. Lee surrenced to Grant here on April 9, 1865
- 17. A series of laws passed by Congress to settle disputes over slavery in new western territories. I
- 19. Formal withdrawal of a State from the Union
- 22. A court order that requires authorieis to bring a person held in jail before the court to determine why he (or she) is being jailed
- 23. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States
- 25. Organized in 1834, pro-business, divided on slavery
- 29. Union General