Gettysburg and other civil war Era information

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Across
  1. 2. Soldiers or armed forces engaged in active service.
  2. 4. Relating to the Confederate States of America (CSA), the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States to protect slavery and maintain states' rights.
  3. 6. Soldiers who fought on horseback, often used for reconnaissance, screening, or rapid attacks.
  4. 8. A 1787 law passed by Congress establishing a plan for self-governing territories to become states in the region north of the Ohio River, and prohibited slavery there.
  5. 9. A 1790 act that applied the principles of the Northwest Ordinance to the territory south of the Ohio River, though, unlike the Northwest, it allowed slavery.
  6. 11. A military campaign or attack initiated by a force to gain ground or achieve a strategic advantage, rather than defending.
Down
  1. 1. A high protective tariff passed in 1828 that favored Northern manufacturing but deeply angered Southern states, which felt it unfairly damaged their agricultural economy.
  2. 3. A nickname used by Union soldiers for Confederate soldiers (often "Johnny Reb"), indicating their view that Southerners were in rebellion against the Federal government.
  3. 5. A term used by Southerners during the Civil War to refer to Northerners or soldiers in the Union Army.
  4. 7. The Northern states and federal government of the United States that fought against the seceding Southern states to preserve the nation.
  5. 10. A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or fort, cutting off essential supplies, with the goal of forcing a surrender.