Civil War

2. A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
5. Line A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
6. A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
9. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
11. A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
12. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
16. The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
17. large weapons like cannons
18. a side that supported slavery
20. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.

1. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
3. a person who wanted to get rid of slavery
4. When a person is murdered for political
5. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
7. A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
8. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
10. a side that didn’t support slavery
13. Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
14. A long blade or knife attached to the end of
15. A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
19. The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.