Civil War Crossword
Across
- 1. name of the national anthem for the Confederate States of America
- 2. another major issues that the War was fought over
- 6. an invention that Lincoln used that helped the Union gain an advantage over the Confederacy
- 8. the nation of seceded states from the Union
- 10. the political party that supported slavery and viewed abolitionism as an infringement to their constitutional right of property
- 11. president of the Union during the war
- 14. battle that started the Civil War
- 16. section of America that viewed slavery as a threat to their economic system
- 17. an escaped slave and abolitionist who told of his life as a slave
- 19. a battle usually seen as a turning point for the Civil War with the highest casualties of any battle in the war and ended with a Union victory
Down
- 1. a speech made by Abraham Lincoln about four months after the Battle of Gettysburg which was his feelings about the war
- 3. what triggered the secession from the Union
- 4. general of the Confederate army during the American Civil War
- 5. battle that ended the Civil War and caused the Confederacy to surrender and rejoin the Union
- 7. a series of passages and safe houses that led slaves to freedom
- 9. a war measure declaring that all slaves were free
- 12. one of the major issues the Civil War was fought over
- 13. president of the Confederacy during it's short four year period
- 15. an abolitionist who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad
- 18. favoring one particular section over the well being of the country