Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. dry crackers made of flour and salt, used as rations for soldiers during the civil war
  2. 3. where a person owns and forcibly makes another person work for them
  3. 6. Confederate president
  4. 8. the period of time right before the Civil War
  5. 9. the name of the northern states that fought against the Confederacy
  6. 10. name of the southern states that seceded from the US during the Civil War
  7. 13. Union president
  8. 14. first battle of the Civil War, confederate victory
  9. 15. feeling that one section of a country is more important or superior to the rest of the country
  10. 16. the ability for states to choose if they wanted to be a slave state or a free state (2 words)
  11. 17. a political party created in the 1850s; Abraham Lincoln was the first president of this party
Down
  1. 2. a person against slavery
  2. 3. separating from a country or alliance
  3. 4. a person loyal to the North during the war
  4. 5. famous Union general, later became President of the United States (3 words)
  5. 7. the final battle where Lee surrendered (3 words)
  6. 8. the most bloody, single-day battle in US history,
  7. 11. famous Confederate general (3 words)
  8. 12. Confederate general that had his “march to the sea”, burned down Atlanta (3 words)
  9. 17. a person loyal to the South during the war