Across
- 3. Union campaign led by William T. Sherman with Savannah being the objective
- 4. Naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading
- 5. Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union
- 9. The first shots of the Civil War were fired in South Carolina
- 13. the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized, rebuilt, and reintegrated into the Union
- 14. Compromise that brought Missouri into the Union
- 15. A series of battles fought throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta
- 17. Infamous prisoner-of-war camp
- 18. Turning point in the Civil War
- 20. Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude
- 22. Document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed
- 23. Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
- 24. One of the first major battles in the Civil War
- 25. An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves
Down
- 1. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War
- 2. Allowing political decisions to be made by the will of the people
- 6. States where slavery was legal
- 7. The act of making legally null and void
- 8. Declared slaves were not citizens of the United States
- 10. States where slavery was illegal
- 11. Largest battle fought in Georgia
- 12. Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments"
- 16. The bloodiest battle of the war
- 19. Act that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to enter the union as free or slave states
- 21. The 16th president of the United States during the Civil War