The civil war

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  1. 3. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. 5. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. 7. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. 10. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  5. 11. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. 12. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  7. 16. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. 20. - The side of an army or military unit.
  9. 22. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  10. 23. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  11. 27. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  12. 28. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  13. 29. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. 31. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. 32. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  16. 34. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  17. 35. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  18. 36. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  19. 37. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  20. 38. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  21. 39. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
Down
  1. 1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. 2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  3. 4. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. 6. states These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. 8. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. 9. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  7. 13. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. 14. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  9. 15. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  10. 17. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  11. 18. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  12. 19. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. 21. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  14. 24. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  15. 25. - A nickname for the South.
  16. 26. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  17. 29. A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  18. 30. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  19. 33. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.