U.S. Civil War: Key Terms

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Across
  1. 2. The Southern States that seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America.
  2. 6. The amendment that granted voting rights to Black American men.
  3. 7. A legal order requiring that a person be brought before a court; suspended by Lincoln during the war to suppress dissent.
  4. 9. Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and sympathized with the South.
  5. 11. A large-scale conflict between groups within the same country or state, often involving factions, regions, or communities with differing political, social, and/or ethnic interests.
  6. 14. A military strategy aimed at not only defeating the enemy’s army but also destroying its economy and civilian resources.
  7. 17. Labor system that evolved during & after the Reconstruction era whereby landowners furnished laborers with a house, farm animals, & tools and advanced credit in exchange for a share of the laborer’s crops.
  8. 18. The nicknames for soldiers during the U.S. Civil War with Northern troops called Yankees or Yanks & Southern troops called Rebels or Johnny Rebs.
  9. 21. The Northern states during the Civil War, also known as the "United States.”
  10. 22. A federal agency created to assist freed slaves by providing food, education, and legal assistance lasting from 1865 - 1872.
  11. 23. Small-scale farmers who owned & worked their own land, particularly in the context of the Southern U.S. during the 18th and 19th centuries.
  12. 24. Union offensive led by Union General McClellan with the objective of capturing Richmond, Virginia.
  13. 25. Referred to as the time period following the U.S. Civil War starting in 1867 that divided the South into five military districts subject to martial law while also rebuilding the Southern States and protecting newly freed Black Americans.
Down
  1. 1. The act of the Southern States leaving the Union, starting with South Carolina in 1860.
  2. 3. The draft system used by both the Union and Confederacy to compel citizens to serve in the military during the Civil War.
  3. 4. Distinct geographical areas or regions where military operations take place during a conflict, primarily in large-scale wars.
  4. 5. A naval strategy used by the Union to prevent the South from trading, particularly with Europe.
  5. 8. The process by which a country develops and expands its industrial capacity to produce weapons, military equipment, and supplies on a large scale, often in preparation for or during a period of armed conflict.
  6. 10. The amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
  7. 12. Person from the Southern states of the U.S. who remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
  8. 13. Decree announced by President Abraham Lincoln in September 1862 & formally issued on January 1, 1863, freeing slaves in all Confederate States still in rebellion.
  9. 15. Laws passed in the South after the Civil War that restricted the rights of freed Black Americans, also known as Jim Crow Laws.
  10. 16. Provided full citizenship to Black Americans in the U.S.
  11. 19. One of the most prominent of the vigilante groups that terrorized black people in the South during the Reconstruction era, founded by Confederate veterans in 1866.
  12. 20. The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery in the U.S. in 1865.