Unit 9: The Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
  2. 6. Lincoln's speech in 1863 after a battle about how humans were equal as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
  3. 8. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  4. 9. any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.
  5. 10. the states that remained in the United States for the Civil War - the north
Down
  1. 1. a war between organized groups within the same state or country.
  2. 2. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  3. 4. military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory.
  4. 5. A person killed or injured in a war or accident
  5. 7. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.