Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. period after the Civil War
  2. 5. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  3. 8. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  4. 9. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
Down
  1. 1. black slave who, during the Civil War, escaped to or was brought within the Union line
  2. 2. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America, the Confederacy incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation. Confederate states were: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
  3. 4. Proclamation An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  4. 6. Last name of the president during the Civil War
  5. 7. a slave escaping slavery