Civil War Review Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. Union general who defeated Lee (last name only)
  2. 4. the idea that each state would get to decide the issue of slavery for themselves
  3. 6. African American sailor and naval captain
  4. 10. the Confederate general who surrendered
  5. 13. this is where the Civil War began
  6. 18. this document made freeing the slaves the focus of the war
  7. 20. president of the Confederacy
  8. 21. this battle gave the North control over the Mississippi River
  9. 22. when a state left the Union
  10. 24. the ____ Compromise allowed this state to enter as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state
  11. 26. also known as the North
Down
  1. 1. this is where the war ended when the Confederates surrendered
  2. 3. during the Civil War, women could not be doctors or soldiers but they could work as...
  3. 5. the time period after the war when America had to rebuild
  4. 7. they lost the Civil War
  5. 8. this battle was a turning point for the Union
  6. 9. president of the Union
  7. 11. he encouraged Lincoln to recruit African American soldiers
  8. 12. the capital of the Confederacy
  9. 14. nurse who founded the Red Cross
  10. 15. this was the main issue at the center of the Civil War
  11. 16. the occupation of Elizabeth Van Lew and Mary Bowser
  12. 17. also known as Bull Run this was the first major battle of the war
  13. 19. the period of time prior to the Civil War
  14. 23. this was the largest killer of soldiers in the Civil War
  15. 25. a nickname for a famous Confederate general who was shot by his own men