Civil War Crossword

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