Civil War Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. Money given as a reward, such as to encourage enlistment in the army
  2. 3. A hard biscuit made from wheat flour
  3. 4. A person who believes in banning slavery
  4. 5. The Northern states during the Civil War
  5. 8. Spiraled grooves inside a gun
  6. 9. The plan put forth by the North that involved bloacking sea trade and moving Southeast from the Mississippi River
  7. 11. A military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it to surrender
  8. 12. Authorization to act given to a representative
  9. 14. The general that marches from the West to Atlanta
  10. 19. The strategy of the South to gain support from foreign nations
  11. 20. Legal order to determine if a person has been lawfully imprisoned
  12. 21. A person captured from war, usually a member of the military
  13. 23. Requiring people to join the military
  14. 24. The act of leaving an organization of group
Down
  1. 1. The doctrine that freed the slaves in the rebelling states
  2. 2. Ship that runs through a blockade, usually to smuggle goods
  3. 6. A steam powered ship covered in iron armor
  4. 7. The law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government emergency
  5. 10. The Southern state during the Civil War
  6. 13. Riots that occur in New York that opposed the conscription
  7. 15. A piece of U.S. paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War
  8. 16. To loot or plunder
  9. 17. The strategy of wearing down by constant harassment or attack
  10. 18. A state that was in between the North and South during the American Civil War
  11. 22. To search or raid for food