American Civil War

3. A high-ranking officer in the army.
4. The process of selecting people to serve in the military.
8. The act of freeing someone from slavery.
10. A person who wanted to end slavery.
12. The general of the Union Army who later became president.
14. The southern states that wanted to keep slavery and fought against the Union.
15. To withdraw from a larger group, such as a state leaving the Union.
16. A large group of soldiers organized to fight in a war.
17. The official document outlining the laws and principles of the United States government.
18. The states that stayed loyal to the U.S. government during the Civil War.
19. The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
20. A war between groups in the same country.
21. The general of the Confederate Army.
22. The 16th president of the United States, who led the country during the Civil War.

1. The practice of owning and forcing people to work without pay.
2. Tubman A famous abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to freedom.
5. A major battle fought in Pennsylvania in 1863, considered a turning point in the war.
6. Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
7. The northern states that were against slavery during the Civil War.
9. The government formed by the southern states that left the Union.
11. A fight between armies during the war.
13. People who were owned and forced to work without freedom.