Civil War Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. nickname for United States paper money
  2. 5. included Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
  3. 6. term meaning "before war"
  4. 7. said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners
  5. 9. nickname for southern white people who supported the Republican Party
  6. 10. a nickname for the Confederacy
  7. 12. a large farm in he southern United States
  8. 15. a northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction to become rich
  9. 17. cap worn by Civil War soldiers
  10. 19. an army of citizens used in emergencies
  11. 20. long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
  12. 22. ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
  13. 24. the rebuilding of war torn southern states
  14. 26. also called the Union
  15. 28. when Southern states chose to leave the United States
  16. 29. an attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  17. 30. a soldier killed or wounded during battle
  18. 31. long gun that soliders shot from the shoulder
  19. 34. took place west of the Appalachian Mountains
  20. 35. nickname for people from the North and Union soldiers
  21. 36. boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states
  22. 38. the side of an army or military unit
Down
  1. 1. describes people who supported the Union
  2. 3. when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army
  3. 4. putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country
  4. 5. stated the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free
  5. 6. when a person is murdered for political reasons
  6. 8. nickname for the South
  7. 11. crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers
  8. 13. large caliber firearms
  9. 14. nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War
  10. 16. soliders that fight and travel by foot
  11. 18. another name for the Confederate States of America or the South
  12. 21. a person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  13. 23. included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware
  14. 25. nickname for people in the South supporting the Confederate states
  15. 27. canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry food
  16. 32. said Congress could not outlaw slavery
  17. 33. warship fully covered and protected by iron cladding
  18. 37. also called the North