Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. A system in which landowners allowed farmers to cultivate their land for a percentage of the profits.
  2. 5. He was the slave that sued for his freedom and lost because the judge decided that he shouldn't be considered a citizen because he was owned by someone.
  3. 7. The ownership of one person by another.
  4. 10. Even in the southern states, there was much debate over if leaving the union was constitutional. Ultimatly, Georgia decided to secede.
  5. 15. The failure or refusal of a state to enforce a federal law
  6. 16. A series of battles fought in Georgia after William T. Sherman invaded the state in an attempt to invade the south.
  7. 20. The amendment that allowed citizenship to anybody born in the United States
  8. 21. The amendment that guaranteed each individuals right to vote, regardless of race.
  9. 23. An order made by Lincoln that stated that slaves would become free in rebelling states.
Down
  1. 1. A period of rebuilding the country after the civil war.
  2. 3. It helped former slaves adjust to the new freedoms and responsibilities
  3. 4. The movement of Shermans union forces from Atlanta to a port in Savannah, in result of the capturing of the port.
  4. 6. An institution of labor in which laborers agree to exchange labor and a portion of their crops to a land owner in return for land to work.
  5. 8. A statement made by the state of Georgia accepting the compromise.
  6. 9. A secret violent organization of white supremacists that rose after the civil war to restrict the rights of African Americans
  7. 11. A strategy by the Union Navy to prevent the south from trading its goods with Europe.
  8. 12. The amendment that ended slavery in the states.
  9. 13. The 3 day long battle that was the 2nd bloodiest battle during the civil war
  10. 14. The compromise that allowed all of the states to choose if they wanted to be a slave or free state
  11. 17. The small town that held all of the union prisoners
  12. 18. The idea that the states can pas laws without federal involvement.
  13. 19. The election where Abraham Lincoln was elected.
  14. 22. The name of the war fought in the united states that was between the northern states and the southern states