Civil War Terms

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Across
  1. 2. march to the ___: march of General Sherman's troops from Atlanta to Savannah, destroying everything in their path to break the Confederates' will
  2. 3. _____ war: the concept of treating civilians as combatants
  3. 4. paper money issued by the US Treasury to help finance the war effort
  4. 6. slaves who sought protection behind Union lines
  5. 11. 16th President of the United States
  6. 12. Ulysses S. ______: Union General
  7. 13. General who marched from Atlanta to Savannah using the scorched-earth campaign
  8. 14. the Confederacy's first President
  9. 15. conscription
  10. 17. _________ compromise: included a constitutional amendment to protect slavery
  11. 18. King ______ the confederate belief that cotton was so important to the British and French economies that they would provide aid to the Confederacy
Down
  1. 1. war and peace ______: this party split over whether to continue fighting until the rebellion was put down or to negotiate a peace treaty
  2. 3. a legal writ requiring authorities to justify the arrest of an individual
  3. 5. ______ war: requires all of a society's resources
  4. 7. _____-earth campaign in the Shenandoah valley by Union troops where they destroyed the farms of those who aided Confederate raiders
  5. 8. ________ Proclamation: issued by Abraham Lincoln that made slavery illegal in all states outside of the Union
  6. 9. Union general who failed to capture Richmond
  7. 10. ________ Republicans: members of the Republican party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and used wartime legislation to destroy it
  8. 16. Robert E ___: Confederate general