Civil War Crossword

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  1. 2. was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War
  2. 3. He was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army, officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War.
  3. 6. Led by Alexander Stephens, Robert Toombs, and the promise of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
  4. 9. ,an act or instance of seceding.
  5. 10. election 1860, The final event that led to the Civil War was the election of 1860
  6. 14. of Chickamauga, This battle last 3 days, September 18-20th. Known as the 2nd bloodiest battle of the Civil War; there were over 34,000 casualties
  7. 15. was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness.
  8. 16. This crisis came about because of a dispute over tariffs, and then widely grew from there
  9. 17. The Missouri territory wanted to join the Union (become a state); they wanted to enter the Union as a slave state.
  10. 19. This was not a document that directly freed all slaves, but rather, said that all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 01, 1863
  11. 20. A march from Atlanta to Savannah that began on November 15, 1864 and ended on December 21, 1864
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  1. 1. This was designed to cut off the souths transportation and supply routes and in effect “choke” them to death by “squeezing”
  2. 4. This campaign last nearly 4 and a half months
  3. 5. The Georgia General Assembly met in 1861 to discuss seceding from the Union
  4. 7. A Supreme Court case that resulted in the court favoring the southern view of slavery and lead to a greater ideological divide between the North and the South
  5. 8. Because of the horrible conditions in the camp, disease spread throughout the camp and many prisoners died
  6. 11. The South hoped for this to spread into the new territories, while the North wanted at very least, for it to be contained to where it already existed.
  7. 12. One of the major conflicts in the history of the United States
  8. 13. Due to the gold rush of 1849, California had enough people to apply for statehood (they wanted to join the Union)
  9. 18. This blockade was not successful, only nine out of every ten blockade runners made it successful to England.