Civil War

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  1. 2. The political party of Abraham Lincoln, which opposed slavery.
  2. 4. The states that stayed with the U.S. during the Civil War
  3. 6. Slave states that stayed loyal to the Union during the Civil War
  4. 8. The general who led the Confederate army during the Civil War
  5. 10. A new way to take pictures, used to show Civil War battles and people.
  6. 14. A nurse who helped soldiers and founded the American Red Cross.
  7. 15. A state that broke away from Virginia during the Civil War to join the Union
  8. 16. Ships covered in iron used in battle during the Civil War
  9. 17. The first major battle of the Civil War, where the Confederates won.
  10. 19. A way to send messages over long distances using wires, used in the Civil War.
  11. 21. The group of Southern states that fought against the Union in the Civil War
  12. 22. Riots in New York City in 1863 against the government's forced military draft.
  13. 23. The location where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  14. 24. When Southern states left the United States to form their own country.
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  1. 1. A nurse who helped soldiers during the Civil War and later founded the Red Cross.
  2. 3. The first state to leave the Union before the Civil War started
  3. 5. The Union general who won the Civil War and later became president
  4. 7. The president who led the U.S. during the Civil War and ended slavery
  5. 9. The place where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, ending the Civil War.
  6. 11. Abraham Lincoln's speech about freedom and equality after the Battle of Gettysburg
  7. 12. The practice of forcing people to work without pay and treating them as property.
  8. 13. An escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist and fought for equal rights
  9. 18. A key battle in 1863 that the Union won, turning the war in their favor.
  10. 20. People in the North who wanted to end the Civil War and make peace with the South.