Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. Run The First Major Battle Of The American Civil War.
  2. 3. Whitney Invented the cotton gin.
  3. 4. Toms Cabin A written novel by Harriet.
  4. 7. Davis The first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
  5. 10. The Battle was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside.
  6. 12. Sumter A battle that started the American Civil War.
  7. 15. No supplies can get in or out of a port because ships are blocking it.
  8. 16. A sunken ship that was rebuilt into iron.
  9. 17. The sunken ship that was rebulit into an ironclad.
  10. 19. The term used to refer to the United States of America, and specifically to the national government and the 20 free states and five border slave states that supported it.
  11. 20. A person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
  12. 22. Cotton A phrase frequently used by Southern politicians and authors prior to the American Civil War, indicating the economic and political importance of cotton production.
  13. 23. Ships that could resist cannon fire.
  14. 25. The plant that is commercially grown for cotton products. Oil and a protein-rich flour are also obtained from the seeds.
  15. 26. Africans brought from Africa to be servants, treated similar to horses and working livestock.
  16. 27. Bucks
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  1. 1. Sovereignty A doctrine, held chiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists, that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determining domestic policy, especially with respect to slavery.
  2. 2. Kansas Abolitionists and slave owners would kill each other to change the vote for the territory.
  3. 5. The group of 11 southern states that separated themselves from the U.S. during the American Civil War.
  4. 6. slavery Children born to slaves were automatically slaves for life.
  5. 8. Run Creek A creek between the two capitols.
  6. 9. People who wanted to end slavery.
  7. 11. War A war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
  8. 12. Wenchs
  9. 13. underground railroad People helped slaves escape to he Northern states and to Canada.
  10. 14. A native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially of one of the northeastern states that sided with the Union in the American Civil War.
  11. 18. E Lee A military officer in the U.S. Army, a West Point commandant and the legendary general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
  12. 21. Tubman Famous guider.
  13. 24. Lincoln 16th U.S President.