American Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The period after the Civil War in which the Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.
  2. 5. Referring to the Dred Scott decision, a significant pre-war Supreme Court ruling.
  3. 7. Referring to Ulysses S. Grant, a key Union general in the Civil War.
  4. 10. Referring to Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States.
  5. 14. The location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.
  6. 15. A battle known as the bloodiest single-day event in American military history.
  7. 16. The practice of owning people as property and forcing them to work.
  8. 18. The coalition of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States.
  9. 20. The process of being freed from slavery.
Down
  1. 2. The act of withdrawing from a federation or body, especially a political state.
  2. 3. Referring to the Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War.
  3. 4. Referring to Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  4. 6. Referring to Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave and prominent abolitionist leader.
  5. 8. Referring to Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States during the Civil War.
  6. 9. The Northern states during the American Civil War.
  7. 11. The movement to end slavery.
  8. 12. Typically referring to the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
  9. 13. Referring to the Underground Railroad, a network for helping enslaved African Americans escape to free states.
  10. 17. Referring to Robert E. Lee, the commanding general of the Confederate Army.
  11. 19. A significant battle of the Civil War that marked a turning point.