Civil War Crossword
Across
- 2. party a political party formed in 1854 majority supported the end to slavery they also replaced the free soil and whig parties
- 4. a draft requiring people to serve in the military
- 9. Stevens vice president of the south
- 11. Sumter, a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston South Carolina the attack on this place was the official start of the Civil War
- 12. Ferry a united states weapon arsenal in Virginia
- 13. Davis president of the confederate states
- 15. Lincoln became president became president in march of 1861 and previously ran for the Illinois senate seat but lost to Douglas
- 17. another name for the union army
- 18. warships covered in iron plates to protect it
- 20. of Bull Run first major battle of the Civil War fought near Washington DC confederate victory
- 22. when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area
Down
- 1. man who led a rebellion in 1831 that killed 55 white folks
- 3. states the union states that still have Slavery
- 4. soldiers on horseback
- 5. of Antietam bloodiest day in American history
- 6. uniform color of the confederate army
- 7. one of the reasons men joined the army
- 8. Brown Plan failed plan to capture the arsenal and then help revolting slaves gain their freedom,
- 10. number of confederate states
- 13. C Freemont explorer national hero first presidential nominee for the republican party 1856
- 14. an African American who had been a slave and moved by his master to a state where slavery was illegal
- 16. another name for the confederate army
- 19. plan the union plan to shut off all southern trade and ruin their economy introduced by Winfield Scott
- 21. uniform color of the union army