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