Across
- 2. Southern states that seceded, fought for independence and slavery
- 5. Movement to end slavery, gained strength in the North before the war
- 6. Fort in South Carolina where the Civil War began in April 1861
- 7. To withdraw from a group, Southern states left Union to form Confederacy
- 12. Large farm often using slave labor, common in Southern states
- 15. Idea that states should have more power than federal government
- 16. 16th President of the United States, led during Civil War, issued Emancipation Proclamation
- 17. Farming and growing crops, main economic activity in the South
- 18. Loyalty to a region, differences between North and South led to conflict
Down
- 1. Important Mississippi River city, Union siege in 1863 split Confederacy
- 3. Commander of the Union Army, later 18th President, led Union to victory
- 4. Bloodiest single-day battle, fought in Maryland in 1862, changed war's course
- 8. Crops grown to be sold, cotton was major Southern cash crop
- 9. Commander of the Confederate Army, skilled military leader from Virginia
- 10. Manufacturing and production, more developed in the North before war
- 11. Military tactic of surrounding a place to force surrender, used at Vicksburg
- 13. Major battle in Pennsylvania in 1863, turning point, site of famous Address
- 14. Northern states that fought to preserve country and end slavery