Civil War Crossword

4. military blockade or bombardment of and enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
5. warship covered with protective iron plates
6. an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, and an outspoken opponent of slavery
9. system of required military service
13. was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
14. a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts
15. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states
16. slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War

1. a leading American politician and political theorist from South Carolina
2. a major general during the American Civil War
3. type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended
4. to withdraw from membership in a group
7. military term for a person killed, wounded, or missing in action
8. all-out attacks aimed at destroying not only an enemy's army but also its resources and its people's will to fight
10. turning point of deciding event; situation involving great risk
11. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime; constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
12. to set free