Civil War

1. Lincoln's main goal in fighting the Civil War.
3. The idea that citizens of a state should decide issues for that state instead of the federal government deciding the issues.
5. Supreme Court decision that ruled slaves were not citizens but property. Therefore, Dred Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom.
7. 3-day battle in 1863 in Pennsylvania won by the Union.
9. A slave state that remained in the Union after Southern States had seceded.
10. Union general known for his March to the Sea, which destroyed many parts of Georgia.
11. A heavy metal battleship used by both sides during the Civil War.
12. The north side of the civil war.
17. President during Reconstruction who was impeached but remained in office.
19. The Northern plan to divide the South and choke off supply lines to isolate the Confederate troops.

2. To set free.
4. Battle in Mississippi, won by the Union that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
6. The south side of the civil war.
8. Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan that required 10 percent of Southern state voters to swear loyalty to the Union.
13. Years of the American Civil War.
14. Radical abolitionist who killed pro-slavery citizens in Kansas and raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia.
15. The reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the civil war.
16. Union commander William Sherman's destructive campaign that tore through Georgia at the end of the Civil War.
17. Civil War ends on this date when Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
18. The strategy used by William Sherman during his March to the Sea.