Civil War Boom Boom

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Across
  1. 2. is a disapproving term for an outsider—historically a Northerner who moved to the American South after the Civil War—who seeks quick political or financial advantage.
  2. 7. The Northern states that stayed loyal to the U.S. federal government. Also called the North or the United States of America.
  3. 9. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States. Southern states, feeling persecuted by the North, seceded by voting to separate from the Union. Southerners felt this was perfectly legal but Unionists saw it as rebellion. See Secession Acts of the Thirteen Confederate States »
  4. 11. Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel.
  5. 13. Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
  6. 14. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  7. 15. A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories. Eventually Republicans came to oppose the entire existence of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. Very few Southerners were Republicans.
  8. 16. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War. Union states were: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. West Virginia became a Northern state in 1863 and California and Oregon were also officially Northern but they had little direct involvement in the War.
Down
  1. 1. A minor fight.
  2. 3. Someone who wanted to end or abolish slavery.
  3. 4. To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds. Most defeated generals were able to negotiate surrender terms. These might include items like parole instead of prison for the soldiers or letting officers keep their sidearms.
  4. 5. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
  5. 6. The Southern states that seceded from the United States to form their own country. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America.
  6. 8. A term used to describe the time in American history directly after the Civil War during which the South was “reconstructed” by the North after its loss in the war.
  7. 10. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.
  8. 12. The time period before the American Civil War.