ABC Civil War Crossword

4. helped others escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
8. president of the Confederate States.
9. It meant destroying everything that could help the enemy, including farms, railroads, and cities.
11. the movement to end slavery in the United States
15. were two iron ships that fought in 1862
16. They wanted to keep slavery and have more control over their laws.
18. Southern states decided to leave the Union and form their own country.
20. Act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery.
21. was the part of the country that opposed slavery

1. resident during the Civil War
2. were large farms in the South where enslaved people worked
3. was a speech by President Lincoln in 1863.
5. soldiers who fight on foot
6. was an order by President Lincoln that freed enslaved people in the Confederate states.
7. It was the turning point of the Civil War
10. Union victory that gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
12. law that made men join the army, whether they wanted to or not.
13. helped former slaves after the war by providing food, jobs, and education
14. was the time after the Civil War when the South rebuilt
17. were the leaders of the armies
19. nickname for soldiers and people from the North, or Union.