Unit 7 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. formally the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, was a United States presidential proclamation issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln.
  2. 7. a faction of American politicians within the Republican Party of the United States from around 1854 until the end of Reconstruction in 1877.
  3. 8. a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  4. 9. Provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
  5. 10. the process by which a legislative body addresses charges against a government official.
  6. 12. sometimes called the draft, is the mandatory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.
  7. 13. abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the United States."
  8. 14. sometimes called Black Laws, were laws governing the conduct of African Americans.
Down
  1. 1. declared that all enslaved people in the states currently engaged in rebellion against the Union “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
  2. 3. was fought by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
  3. 4. an effort to cut off supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally.
  4. 5. general rise in the price level in an economy over a period of time.
  5. 6. a legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
  6. 10. Americas first attempt to integrate different races after the Civil War.
  7. 11. also known as Peace Democrats, were a faction of Democrats in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.