Civil War Crossword

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