Civil War & Reconstruction
Across
- 3. used by the north to cut off confederacy from trade
- 7. abolitionist who helped organize underground railroad
- 8. new, more accurate type of bullet
- 10. first battle of u.s. civil war
- 11. supreme court decision that african americans were not considered u.s. citizens
- 13. rebuilding u.s.a. after the war
- 14. another name for the southern states that seceded
- 16. sherman's strategy to decimate the south
- 17. instant communication
- 20. term for ending slavery
Down
- 1. elected u.s. president in 1860
- 2. newly formed political party led by lincoln
- 4. another name for northern states that remained loyal to the u.s.a.
- 5. factories; foundation of northern economy
- 6. one of the main cash crops in the south
- 9. farming; foundation of the southern economy
- 12. low income jobs offered to many freedmen during reconstruction
- 15. the absolute main cause of the u.s. civil war
- 18. agreement that two states (one free & one slave) would be added in order to keep balance
- 19. new technology that allowed americans to see what was happening in the war