Civil War Crossword

1. a term meaning "before war" often used to describe the US before the Civil War
3. a nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States
5. a soldier that is wounded or killed in battle
8. a nickname given for people from the North as well as Union solders
9. when a person is murdered for political reasons
12. a large farm in the southern US. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.

2. slave states that did not leave the Union, but mostly supported the Confederates
4. a northener who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich
6. a person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
7. a boundary that split free states from slave states
10. when the southern states chose to leave the US and no longer be a part of the country
11. an attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of port