Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
  2. 6. a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized rifle bullet named after its co-developer.
  3. 8. the department of the federal government that, from 1789 until 1947
  4. 9. understood in jurisprudence as the full right and power of a governing body to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies.
  5. 12. united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
  6. 13. a black American of African descent.
  7. 15. American Civil War Confederate general
  8. 17. to free (a slave) from bondage.
  9. 18. series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery "Free-Staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian", or "southern" elements in Kansas between 1854 and 1861, including "Bleeding Congress".
  10. 20. refer to the gradual reduction of the size of a workforce by not replacing personnel lost through retirement or resignation
Down
  1. 1. telegraph that uses electrical signals, usually conveyed via dedicated telecommunication lines or radio.
  2. 3. American administrator who did battlefield relief work during the Civil War and organized the American Red Cross
  3. 4. a public and official announcement.
  4. 5. the political transition of land from the control of one entity to another.
  5. 7. American politician who was a Democratic U.S.
  6. 10. sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War.
  7. 11. a common national personification of the American government or the United States in general that, according to legend, came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson.
  8. 14. 1809–65, US Republican statesman; 16th president of the US. His fame rests on his success in saving the Union in the Civil War
  9. 16. The group who wants to keep slavery act.
  10. 19. the act of uniting two or more things.