The Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. The Lone Star representing its 10 years as an independent sovereign state before being admitted to the Union in 1845.
  2. 7. Bloodiest day in American history.
  3. 8. Unified around the issue of opposing the expansion of slavery in new territories.
  4. 10. Famous military general-"nobody from nowhere", loves cigars.
  5. 12. Border between Texas & Mexico.
  6. 13. Here, Lincoln gave speech that redefined the war with a higher purpose of preservation of democracy.
  7. 16. Fuels the industrial revolution & increases available working hours.
  8. 17. Capital of the Confederacy.
  9. 18. Commander of the Confederate States Army.
  10. 19. Economic superhighway to the Hudson river that spurs development in the North
Down
  1. 1. Warfare that targets civilian resources & infrastructure.
  2. 3. Final surrender.
  3. 4. allowed Lincoln to keep the moral high ground.
  4. 5. Site of the assassination that would throw the Reconstruction effort into chaos.
  5. 6. Denied trade & resources to the CSA.
  6. 9. Event of psychological terror designed to destroy the will to fight.
  7. 11. First state to secede.
  8. 14. This peace treaty added California to the Union.
  9. 15. Battle in 1862 that changed how people perceived the nature of the Civil War.