Civil War

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