Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. Tru or Fal: The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in the United States.
  2. 4. Where the first shots were fired to begin the Civil War
  3. 8. Law that required able-bodied men between ages of 20 & 45 to serve in the military if they were called.
  4. 11. Tru or Fal: African Americans fought in the Civil War.
  5. 12. The first state to leave the Union
  6. 14. These were dug to escape gun fire
  7. 15. A tax on this was created to help pay for the war.
  8. 17. What the southern states who left the Union were called
  9. 21. The river the Union wanted control of to separate the South & cut off a supply route
  10. 22. The reason southern states left the Union
Down
  1. 1. A common fighting tactic was to attack in straight ___.
  2. 2. The location where the Confederacy surrendered & marked the end of the Civil War.
  3. 3. The number of years the Civil War was fought.
  4. 5. Became the Union General (last name only) & his plan to end the war was to wage total war.
  5. 6. States were slavery was banned
  6. 7. Was elected President of the United States in 1860 (last name only)
  7. 9. The Union had the ___ Plan to suffocate the South
  8. 10. Type of states that allowed slavery to continue but were on the Union side
  9. 13. The Battle of ___ was a huge victory for the Union that would be the turning point the of war.
  10. 16. Ya or No: Women fought in the Civil War.
  11. 18. The president of the Confederate States of America
  12. 19. Capturing this city helped the Union control the Mississippi River.
  13. 20. A leading cause of death due to poor sanitary conditions, lack of understanding on germs & adequate clothing, hunger