Unit 8: Civil War Review

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Across
  1. 1. The Confederate President, trying to help the South secede from the Union: Jefferson _____.
  2. 4. Given shortly after the battle, the _____ Address reminded people that the Union was fighting to save the country.
  3. 8. The top Confederate General whose brilliant military strategies helped the South overcome many of the Union's advantages.
  4. 9. Another extremely bloody battle, the Union victory allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
  5. 13. The Northern strategy was to surround the South and slowly suffocate it, known as the _____ Plan.
  6. 15. The Republican candidate in the 1860 election who won the election.
  7. 16. The first major battle of the Civil War, which showed that it would be hard for the North to win.
  8. 17. A Tennessean who served as the first Admiral of the United States Navy during the Civil War.
  9. 20. The Southern Democratic candidate in the 1860 election who favored the spread of slavery.
  10. 21. The first all-Black military unit in American history, the _____ 54th.
  11. 23. The Union General who led a total war campaign through the Confederacy in his March to the Sea: William T. _____.
  12. 25. The U.S. 13th Colored Troops fought in this battle in Tennessee, helping the Union maintain control of the city.
Down
  1. 1. The Northern Democratic candidate in the 1860 election who wanted to use popular sovereignty.
  2. 2. One of the turning points of the Civil War, the Union victory in this battle gave it control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy.
  3. 3. A Confederate cavalry man who was best known after the Civil War for starting the Ku Klux Klan.
  4. 5. The nickname given to Confederate General Thomas Jackson, earned because he never fled from battle.
  5. 6. One of the turning points of the Civil War, the Union victory in this battle stopped Confederate hopes of invading the North.
  6. 7. The author of Co. Aytch, a book that highlighted the struggles of the Confederate soldiers during the war: Sam _____.
  7. 10. The location of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender and the end of major conflict in the Civil War.
  8. 11. One of the bloodiest battles American history, it gave the Union control of Tennessee early in the Civil War.
  9. 12. The North had more of these, which allowed them to move troops and supplies faster during the Civil War.
  10. 14. The Fort in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  11. 18. The Union General who led the North to victory in the Civil War.
  12. 19. The Constitutional Unionist candidate in the 1860 election who avoided talking about slavery.
  13. 22. The _____ Proclamation freed all of the slaves living in Confederate states, but not those in the border states.
  14. 24. The author of All for the Union, a book that highlighted why many Union soldiers joined the army: Elisha Hunt _____.