Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Ironclad warship of the Union.
  2. 5. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  3. 8. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances.
  4. 9. The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War).
  5. 11. President of the Confederacy.
  6. 12. Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy.
  7. 14. The use of naval power to keep enemy ships from entering or exiting a port.
  8. 16. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
  9. 19. To set free.
  10. 20. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.
Down
  1. 1. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
  2. 2. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded.
  3. 3. African-American unit in the Union army.
  4. 6. President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
  5. 7. Northerner who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the union.
  6. 10. Ship made of iron.
  7. 13. An escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War.
  8. 15. To leave or withdraw.
  9. 17. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  10. 18. Law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military.