Civil War

2. troops trained to fight on horseback
6. very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
9. Southern states seceded from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the Civil War.
10. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
14. President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
15. A ship made of iron usually used in the navy.
16. states that bordered between the slave states and the free states
18. army unit smaller than a division
19. a cap with a flat circular top and a visor
20. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
21. a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery

1. a knife fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
3. To leave or withdraw
4. a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel
5. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)
7. a statement that is added to a proposal or document
8. president of the Confederacy
11. The northern states who wanted the south to stay.
12. The southern states who seceded due to wanting more control.
13. plan used by the north
17. leave in order to join an opposing cause, country, or army