Standard 9 Review Crossword Puzzle

1. During Reconstruction, the ______________ Republicans wanted to punish Southern states and protect voting and civil rights for African Americans.
4. This group of people struggled with hunger and poverty during the Civil War as they had to manage life at home with fewer resources.
5. The opening confrontation of the Civil War occurred at Fort _________________.
6. This former slave urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved people to fight in the Union Army.
10. The Freedman’s ______________ helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, education, and finding jobs.
12. This man was the president of the Confederacy.
14. In the Gettysburg _____________________ Lincoln shared that the Civil War was a struggle to preserve the idea that the U.S. government was “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
16. The ______________________ Proclamation freed enslaved people in states that were rebelling against the United States.
18. This General led a “March to the Sea” during which he set fire to everything in his path.

1. The time period following the Civil War when the United States needed to heal and rebuild.
2. This Reconstruction Plan called for forgiveness of the South and required 10% of the registered voters of each state o pledge loyalty to the United States.
3. African Americans were allowed to ___________________ in the Union Army as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation.
7. Lincoln’s first goal in fighting the Civil War was to preserve the ______________________.
8. This battle was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.
9. Lincoln’s election in 1860 caused Southern states to secede because they feared Lincoln would abolish _____________.
11. This Union army commander won victories over the South.
13. This was the site of where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865.
15. This Pennsylvania battle resulted in a loss for the Confederacy and was a turning point in the Civil War.
17. Robert E. Lee led the __________________ Army.