The Civil War

Edit Answers
1234567891011121314151617181920212223
Across
  1. 6. debate over whether leaving the Union was constitutional.
  2. 7. idea that each state can pass laws without federal involvement.
  3. 8. movement of General William T. Sherman's Union forces from Atlanta to the port of Savannah
  4. 9. A presidential election that focused on the issue of slavery.
  5. 13. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that guaranteed each individual’s to vote, regardless of race.
  6. 14. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that ended slavery in the states.
  7. 17. A slave who sued for his freedom in federal court.
  8. 18. name of war fought in US between Northern industrial states and Southern agricultural states
  9. 19. A secretive violent organization of white supremacists that arose after the Civil War to restrict the rights of African Americans/Blacks.
  10. 20. A system used by landowners allowed farmers to cultivate their land for a percentage of the profits
  11. 21. The largest battle fought in the state of Georgia.
  12. 22. The failure or refusal of a state to follow or enforce a federal law.
  13. 23. 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.
Down
  1. 1. A federal compromise between anti-slavery and pro-slavery forces.
  2. 2. A series of battles fought in Georgia after Union General William T. Sherman invaded the state in an attempt to weaken the South.
  3. 3. ownership and forced labor of one person by another.
  4. 4. small town in southwest Georgia known for Confederate prisoner war camp
  5. 5. A statement issued by the Georgia Convention in response to the Compromise of 1850 affirming state acceptance of the Compromise.
  6. 10. A government agency established to help former slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.
  7. 11. An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863
  8. 12. A strategy by the Union navy to prevent the South from trading its goods with
  9. 15. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted citizenship rights to all persons born in the United States.
  10. 16. A period of rebuilding the country after the Civil War during which the former Confederate States were governed under strict regulations before being readmitted into the Union.