Chapter 17 - The Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. an all-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat
  2. 6. first major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia in 1861
  3. 8. a tax on people's earnings
  4. 11. for in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
  5. 13. slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
  6. 14. ironclad Union warship
  7. 15. Lincoln's 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy
  8. 17. law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
  9. 18. a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
  10. 19. military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
  11. 20. to set free
  12. 21. an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended a Confederate invasion in the North
  13. 22. an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; an important victory for the Confederacy
  14. 23. northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
  15. 24. speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
  16. 25. Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate currentder in 1865
Down
  1. 1. failed Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
  2. 2. An 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
  3. 4. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  4. 5. an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland
  5. 7. rule by the army instead of the elected government
  6. 9. ironclad warship used by the Confederates to break up the Union blockade
  7. 10. African American unit in the Union Army
  8. 12. an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
  9. 16. a person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money