Civil War Era

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Across
  1. 2. Organized bodies of soldiers.
  2. 4. A person who supported the Southern states that seceded.
  3. 6. Soldiers who fought on horseback.
  4. 8. A 1787 law that established a process for admitting new states to the Union.
  5. 9. A 1790 act that organized territory south of the Ohio River, allowing slavery.
  6. 11. A campaign designed to take initiative and attack the enemy.
Down
  1. 1. A high protectionist tax passed in 1828 that caused major economic tension for the South.
  2. 3. A common nickname for a soldier fighting for the Confederacy.
  3. 5. A nickname for a Union soldier or a Northerner.
  4. 7. The Northern states that remained in the United States.
  5. 10. A military blockade aimed at forcing a city or fort to surrender, such as at Vicksburg.