Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. /from Union
  2. 5. /who came to the south for economic reasons after the Civil War they took advantage of citizens of the south
  3. 8. /july 1st-3rd (1863) Union leaders defeated General Lee. A turning point battle during the Civil War
  4. 9. /designedto help former slaves with food, clothing, find jobs, medical care, created schools (established 1865)
  5. 10. /the Civil War, the Union came to mean the government and armies of the North
  6. 11. /person who worked to end slavery.
  7. 12. /a change to the Constitution (1868) granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law
  8. 15. /period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back to the Union
  9. 17. /treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved
  10. 18. /generalfor the Union, later became 18th President
  11. 20. /the war that divides America in the 1860s. A war between citizens of the same country.
  12. 21. /act passed in 1854 that created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing states to determine whether slavery would be allowed in new territories
  13. 22. /she led 300 slaves to freedom, because of her bravery she is the symbol of the Underground Railroad
  14. 23. /a change to the Constitution (1865) that abolished slavery in US (made it illegal)
  15. 24. /September 16-18, 1862, bloodiest single day in American military history, 23,000 died
  16. 25. /way of settling disagreements in which each side gives away a little in its demands
  17. 26. /generalfor the Confederacy
Down
  1. 1. /south Carolina, April 12-14, 1861, start of the Civil War
  2. 2. /former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
  3. 4. /president during the Civil War
  4. 6. /A special order by President Lincoln on January 1st, 1863 declaring slaves in Confederate sates to be free
  5. 7. /virginia,July 1st, 1861, first major land battle of Civil War
  6. 13. /presidentof the Confederacy
  7. 14. /the rights belonging to various states, especially with reference to interpretation of Constitution
  8. 16. /a change to the Constitution (1870) declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was a slave
  9. 19. /name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union
  10. 25. /Civil war was the most costly war in American History in terms of total devastation.