Civil War

3. a nickname given to northerners opposed to the Civil War
5. a political party that composed of several parties such as the Whigs
7. name of Robert E. Lee’s right hand man
8. name of the President of the Confederacy
13. a new type of warship developed that led to wooden ships becoming obsolete
17. alliance of states that seceded from the United States
19. a stronger version of this was agreed upon in the Compromise of 1850
21. a major general for the South during the Civil War
24. a 2 minute speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln after a major battle
26. the city where William T. Sherman nearly burned down in all its entirely
27. a term used to describe someone against slavery
28. major war general that led to decisive Union victory
29. Also known as the First Battle of Manassas
30. key river that would help the Union by splitting the Confederacy in half

1. the name given to the naval blockade directed by President Lincoln
2. a political party that represented southern interests
4. document that declared that states in all Confederate States were free
6. the first conflict of the Civil War that led to the start of the Civil War
9. major court decision for the south that added to tensions between North and South
10. the state where Sherman’s March took place
11. the battle where Union victory allowed President Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
12. comprised of Northern and border states
14. the formal withdrawal of 11 states from the Union
15. a march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia that ripped through the South’s infrastructure
16. capital city of the Confederacy
18. the bloodiest battle in the Civil War
20. a northerner who moved to the South during Reconstruction to strike rich
22. a major Union general known for his brutal burning of Georgia
23. President during the Civil War
25. units of manufacturing that the North had many more compared to the South