Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  2. 4. Union General who later became president
  3. 5. A state that didn't allow slavery
  4. 9. System of secret routes used by escaping slaves that lead from the south to the north and Canada.
  5. 12. United States of America
  6. 13. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates.
  7. 15. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
Down
  1. 1. Place where Lincoln was shot
  2. 2. First state to leave the union
  3. 6. To break away from a group, as the Southern states broke away from the United States in 1861.
  4. 7. Confederate States of America formed by the 11 Southern states
  5. 8. War between people of the same country.
  6. 10. 16th president
  7. 11. Color of the union uniforms
  8. 14. hese people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.