civil war crossword puzzle

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  1. 5. helped run family farms and businesses.
  2. 9. was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War.
  3. 12. It was the first presidential election to take place after the conclusion of the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
  4. 13. the nickname of the south in the civil war
  5. 16. a small group of sailors who sailed goods in and out of Southern seaports under the guns of Northern ships.
  6. 17. A former slave who escaped from slavery on a conferderate ship
  7. 18. an island fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
  8. 19. main general of the union
  9. 20. the reason for the civil war
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  1. 1. one of the main generals for the confederate army
  2. 2. ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee's ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end.
  3. 3. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
  4. 4. a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.
  5. 6. to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause.
  6. 7. The widespread destruction of the war plunged many small farmers into debt and poverty, and led many to turn to cotton growing.
  7. 8. the war between the union and confederates
  8. 10. the nickname of the north during the civil war
  9. 11. There were nurses, civilian volunteers, and writers who stood in solidarity with their male counterparts to serve the country they believed in.
  10. 14. its association with the final battle of the Civil War and Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
  11. 15. they tried to prevent any goods, troops, and weapons from entering the southern states.