Civil War Review

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