Across
- 1. Did away with; ended
- 9. Resisting, or fighting, being controlled by someone else
- 10. Events that cause a lot of destruction and pain
- 11. To run away quickly from danger
- 12. People who are injured
- 14. Chosen by a vote to do something or be in a certain position
- 15. Soft, white fibers that surround the seeds of a cotton plant
- 18. People who worked to abolish, or end, slavery
- 19. An area that is devastated, or destroyed, by something such as a flood, storm, or war
- 22. The system by which people produce and trade goods
- 25. An official announcement
- 27. To spread out; to become greater in size
- 28. The practice of forcing people to work without pay as enslaved people, and denying them the freedom to decide how to live their lives
- 32. The northern states that did not secede from the United States
- 33. Withdrew membership from an established group
- 35. Yielded or gave something up to another
- 37. People who are members of society and are not part of the military or police force
- 38. The government formed by the states in the South after they withdrew from the United States
- 42. The state of continuing to exist, especially in spite of difficult conditions
- 43. Union soldiers during the Civil War; people from the northern States
- 44. People involved in the activities of a government
- 47. Failure to win
- 48. The act of releasing, or setting free
- 49. A plant whose hard-shelled fruit is sometimes dried and hollowed out to be used as a tool
- 50. Joined together as one
- 51. People who are chosen to run, or compete against others, for an office, prize, or honor
Down
- 1. People who give advice
- 2. The nickname given to the Confederate soldiers
- 3. Something that is inherited, or passed down; traditions, or ways of doing things that haven’t changed over time
- 4. Usefulness or importance
- 5. Enslaved Africans who traveled to freedom on the Underground Railroad
- 6. A structure, such as a building or sculpture, built as a memorial to a person or event
- 7. Material fired from weapons
- 8. A military officer of high rank or position
- 12. Money that is paid or received for work
- 13. Caring; having or showing sympathy or pity
- 15. To collide in intense disagreement
- 16. Buildings where goods are manufactured, or made
- 17. A person who is competing for the same object or position as another
- 20. Discussions involving two sides; arguments
- 21. A rolled piece of parchment, or paper
- 23. A promise made before witnesses
- 24. A group of people who give advice to the president; advisors
- 25. Financial success or good fortune
- 26. The science of producing crops; farming
- 29. The state of being the same; fairness
- 30. Weak; fragile
- 31. Amounts of food or provisions set aside for each person
- 34. Too numerous to count
- 36. A group of people who help lead a country
- 37. war A war between different groups or regions in the same country
- 39. Searched through to steal goods; looted
- 40. Large farms where crops are raised
- 41. Destroyed
- 45. Money, materials, information, or labor given by someone to help others
- 46. A person who led or directed enslaved Africans to freedom during the Civil War using the Underground Railroad
