Civil war terms

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Across
  1. 2. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  2. 5. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
  3. 8. Actively attacking someone
  4. 11. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
  5. 13. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  6. 16. said that the people of each territory should be able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory
  7. 19. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder
  8. 20. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  9. 21. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people
Down
  1. 1. Also Southern or Rebel
  2. 3. The major political party in America and opposed a strong Federal government
  3. 4. Loyal to the Confederate States and also Southern or Confederate
  4. 6. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  5. 7. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps
  6. 9. Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or (by Northerners) the Rebel states
  7. 10. The standard infantry bullet of the Civil War
  8. 12. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States
  9. 14. A metal blade, like a long knife or short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket
  10. 15. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  11. 17. the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War
  12. 18. Also called the North or the United States