civil war puzzels

Across

3. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
5. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
7. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
10. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
11. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers
12. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
16. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
20. - The side of an army or military unit.
22. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
23. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
27. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
28. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
29. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
31. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
32. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
34. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
35. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
36. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
37. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
38. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
39. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.

Down

1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
4. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
6. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
8. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
9. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
13. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
14. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
15. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
17. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
18. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
19. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
21. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
24. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
25. - A nickname for the South.
26. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
29. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
30. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
33. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.