Civil War Vocab
Across
- 2. Money given as a reward, such as to encourage enlistment in the army
- 3. A hard biscuit made from wheat flour
- 4. A person who believes in banning slavery
- 5. The Northern states during the Civil War
- 8. Spiraled grooves inside a gun
- 9. The plan put forth by the North that involved bloacking sea trade and moving Southeast from the Mississippi River
- 11. A military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it to surrender
- 12. Authorization to act given to a representative
- 14. The general that marches from the West to Atlanta
- 19. The strategy of the South to gain support from foreign nations
- 20. Legal order to determine if a person has been lawfully imprisoned
- 21. A person captured from war, usually a member of the military
- 23. Requiring people to join the military
- 24. The act of leaving an organization of group
Down
- 1. The doctrine that freed the slaves in the rebelling states
- 2. Ship that runs through a blockade, usually to smuggle goods
- 6. A steam powered ship covered in iron armor
- 7. The law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government emergency
- 10. The Southern state during the Civil War
- 13. Riots that occur in New York that opposed the conscription
- 15. A piece of U.S. paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War
- 16. To loot or plunder
- 17. The strategy of wearing down by constant harassment or attack
- 18. A state that was in between the North and South during the American Civil War
- 22. To search or raid for food