Vocabulary - Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. To form or develop an idea or plan in the mind.
  2. 9. Unjust or prejudicial treatment of individuals based on characteristics such as race, gender, or age.
  3. 10. To formally withdraw from an organization or political entity, such as a state leaving a union.
  4. 12. Douglass A prominent African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who escaped from slavery and became a leader in the abolitionist movement.
Down
  1. 1. The period after the American Civil War, from 1865 to 1877, during which the Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
  2. 3. The act of formally ending a system, practice, or institution, particularly referring to the movement to end slavery.
  3. 4. The group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860-1861, forming their own government.
  4. 5. Lincoln The 16th President of the United States, best known for leading the country during the Civil War and for his efforts to abolish slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation.
  5. 6. The act of freeing someone from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
  6. 7. In the context of U.S. history, the northern states during the Civil War that opposed the seceding Confederate states.
  7. 8. A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution.
  8. 11. A formally concluded and ratified agreement between states or sovereigns.