Civil War Crossword

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  1. 1. 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
  2. 3. The Georgia General Assembly met in 1861 to discuss seceding from the Union
  3. 4. Because of the horrible conditions in the camp, disease spread throughout the camp and many prisoners died
  4. 6. 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.
  5. 7. ,an act or instance of seceding.
  6. 9. This was designed to cut off the souths transportation and supply routes and in effect “choke” them to death by “squeezing”
  7. 10. This battle last 3 days, September 18-20th. Known as the 2nd bloodiest battle of the Civil War; there were over 34,000 casualties
  8. 11. Led by Alexander Stephens, Robert Toombs, and the promise of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
  9. 12. This campaign last nearly 4 and a half months
  10. 13. 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
  11. 15. election 1860, The final event that led to the Civil War was the election of 1860
  12. 16. 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.
  13. 17. This crisis came about because of a dispute over tariffs, and then widely grew from there
  14. 18. was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War
  15. 19. Due to the gold rush of 1849, California had enough people to apply for statehood (they wanted to join the Union)
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  1. 2. The Missouri territory wanted to join the Union (become a state); they wanted to enter the Union as a slave state.
  2. 5. This blockade was not successful, only nine out of every ten blockade runners made it successful to England.
  3. 6. A march from Atlanta to Savannah that began on November 15, 1864 and ended on December 21, 1864
  4. 8. was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness.
  5. 14. One of the major conflicts in the history of the United States