Crossword Puzzle

4. Political party that was led by Abraham Lincoln and resisted slavery.
10. Time after the Civil War where the US repaired the damage from the war.
11. Bloodiest day in American history. Lincoln used this Union victory to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
12. Helped free slaves adjust to life after slavery.
14. Addition to the Constitution that let all men vote, no matter their race.
15. Union victory which let the Union claim the Mississippi River.

1. President of the US post-Civil war and all through Reconstruction.
2. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant and ended the war.
3. First battle of the US Civil War.
5. Led the Union Army.
6. Addition to the Constitution that abolished slavery.
7. Led the Confederate Army.
8. Addition to the Constitution that abled all US citizens to have "equal protection of the laws" and "due process".
9. President of the Confederate nation during the US Civil War.
13. This battle turned the war around and was a major loss for the South.