Civil War

2. - When a person is murdered for political reasons
5. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat
6. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
7. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
8. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
9. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
10. - A nickname for the South.
11. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
12. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.

1. - 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.
2. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
3. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
4. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
7. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
11. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.