Civil War Crossword Challenge
Across
- 4. common color of northern soldiers' uniforms
- 7. the name of the slave who came to Minnesota and was not granted his freedom, even though he was in a free state
- 9. to break away from or separate. Ex: Confederate states did this to the Union
- 10. common color of southern soldiers' uniforms
- 14. one who fights to end slavery; ex: Abe Lincoln
- 16. The northern army; 23 states formed this
- 19. the fort where Charley, and many other MN soldiers, trained in preparation for the Civil War
- 20. the north had a ton of these, which allowed them to get to places faster, along with travel and transport goods faster
Down
- 1. the fort which was bombed in 1861 that started the fighting of the Civil War
- 2. Lincoln made this statement, which freed slaves in southern states during the Civil War
- 3. one of the main reasons for the Civil War; divided the nation into two, even with some Union states that allowed this
- 5. the name of the first battle of the Civil War that Charley gets involved in; hint: look at the title of Ch. 4
- 6. Charley's last name in the book, "Soldier's Heart"
- 8. nickname for the southern army during the Civil War
- 11. the city where Charley was originally from in southern Minnesota
- 12. change or modification to a document; ex: the Constitution was ___ after the Civil War with new laws
- 13. the major cash crop of the south that brought tons of money for rich plantation owners
- 15. 11 southern states formed this new nation
- 17. nickname for the northern army during the Civil war
- 18. the President during the Civil War; leader of the Union