Civil War Crossword

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