Civil War!!!!

1. It blocked multiple weeks of trade, after the Union took control of the Mississippi river
4. It helped with the two consecutive wins for the Union. It was one of two major battles
6. another name for the confederate states of America, made up of the states that seceded from the union
7. laws passed in 1865 and 1866 that limited African American rights
8. The first Black regiment fought and showed their bravery
10. laws enforcing the segregation of black people and white people in the south after the civil war
12. the rights guaranteed by the constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under law
13. a closing of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
14. It was the beginning of the end. Atlanta was taken, and led to the march to the sea
15. the period after the Civil War in which southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the union

2. The start of the Civil War
3. an agency established by congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
5. It was the bloodiest day of war, and was the first battle to be captured by a camera. Emancipation proclamation
9. Everyone thought this would be the end of war
11. a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country