8th grade Midterm Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Georgia’s capital city
  2. 3. 1861–1865, these states left the U.S. when Lincoln became president
  3. 5. Naval strategy used by the Union to cut off Southern trade and supplies during the Civil War
  4. 6. Major Civil War battle fought in north Georgia in 1863 that resulted in a Confederate victory
  5. 8. Region of Georgia where Dalton is
  6. 11. First written constitution of the United States, which proved too weak to govern the new nation
  7. 13. Large swamp in south Georgia and north Florida known for its biodiversity and isolation
  8. 14. River that forms much of Georgia’s western border
  9. 15. Executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln that declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free
  10. 16. Group forced west on the Trail of Tears
Down
  1. 2. Warm ocean that borders Georgia
  2. 4. Creek woman who served as an interpreter and cultural bridge between Native Americans and English colonists in Georgia
  3. 5. Pre-Revolutionary War incident in which British soldiers killed colonial protesters in 1770
  4. 7. Military campaign led by General William Tecumseh Sherman that destroyed infrastructure across Georgia in 1864
  5. 9. Founder of the colony of Georgia
  6. 10. McIntosh sold this tribe's land away
  7. 12. "No __________ without representation"
  8. 14. Cash crop that was important to Georgia’s economy before the Civil War