Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A large farm in the southern United States
  2. 5. large-caliber guns
  3. 8. when southern states chose to leave the United States
  4. 11. issued by Lincoln
  5. 14. a person who wanted to end slavery
  6. 15. a group of states that left the United States
  7. 16. nickname for the South
  8. 17. soldier that is wounded or killed during battle
  9. 20. nickname for the United States paper money
Down
  1. 1. law that says escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners
  2. 3. murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
  3. 4. putting local interests and customs ahead
  4. 6. name given to the South supporting the Confederates
  5. 7. "before war"
  6. 9. states that stayed loyal to the United States government
  7. 10. a long gun with a smooth bore
  8. 12. nickname for the Northerners who were against the Civil War
  9. 13. states that did not leave the Union
  10. 18. crackers that the Civil War soldiers ate
  11. 19. the side of an army or military unit