Civil War Vocabulary
Across
- 2. nickname for United States paper money
- 5. included Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
- 6. term meaning "before war"
- 7. said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners
- 9. nickname for southern white people who supported the Republican Party
- 10. a nickname for the Confederacy
- 12. a large farm in he southern United States
- 15. a northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction to become rich
- 17. cap worn by Civil War soldiers
- 19. an army of citizens used in emergencies
- 20. long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
- 22. ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
- 24. the rebuilding of war torn southern states
- 26. also called the Union
- 28. when Southern states chose to leave the United States
- 29. an attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
- 30. a soldier killed or wounded during battle
- 31. long gun that soliders shot from the shoulder
- 34. took place west of the Appalachian Mountains
- 35. nickname for people from the North and Union soldiers
- 36. boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states
- 38. the side of an army or military unit
Down
- 1. describes people who supported the Union
- 3. when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army
- 4. putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country
- 5. stated the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free
- 6. when a person is murdered for political reasons
- 8. nickname for the South
- 11. crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers
- 13. large caliber firearms
- 14. nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War
- 16. soliders that fight and travel by foot
- 18. another name for the Confederate States of America or the South
- 21. a person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
- 23. included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware
- 25. nickname for people in the South supporting the Confederate states
- 27. canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry food
- 32. said Congress could not outlaw slavery
- 33. warship fully covered and protected by iron cladding
- 37. also called the North