Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary Part 2

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Across
  1. 2. The place in Virginia where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, ending the Civil War.
  2. 5. Buildings where goods are made using machines and workers, often producing items like clothing, tools, or weapons.
  3. 6. The group of Northern states that fought to keep the United States together during the Civil War and opposed slavery.
  4. 7. A system of trains and tracks used to transport people and goods quickly across long distances.
  5. 8. An order by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.
  6. 9. A major Civil War battle in 1863 where the Union gained control of the Mississippi River, cutting off supplies to the Confederacy.
  7. 10. A plant used to make fabric and one of the most important crops in the Southern United States before and after the Civil War.
Down
  1. 1. The last battle of the Civil War, fought in Texas in 1865, even though the war had officially ended.
  2. 3. A celebration marking June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. 4. A law passed after the Civil War that divided the South into military districts and required Southern states to follow new rules before rejoining the Union, including protecting the rights of freed African Americans.