civil war cross puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. - The side of an army or military unit.
  2. 6. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  3. 7. - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. 8. -An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  5. 10. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  6. 12. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  7. 13. - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  8. 15. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  9. 18. - An ankle-high shoe worn by soldiers during the civil War.
  10. 19. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  11. 21. - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
Down
  1. 1. - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  2. 2. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  3. 3. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  4. 5. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  5. 9. - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  6. 11. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War
  7. 14. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
  8. 16. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  9. 17. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  10. 20. - A nickname for the South