Across
- 2. Presidential executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves within the rebellious states are free. (not border states)
- 3. Famous speech made by Abraham Lincoln to honor the soldiers of both sides that died at Gettysburg/ showed dedication to republicanism, equal rights, liberty, and Union.
- 4. the murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler.
- 6. turning point in the Civil War in which the Union defeated the Confederacy, ending hopes for a Confederate victory in the North (Bloodiest battle.)
- 9. Lincoln’s 1865 speech that stressed slavery had been central to the Civil War and to avoid harsh treatment of the soon to be defeated South by reminding his listeners how wrong both sides had been.
- 10. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant signaling the end of the Civil War.
- 11. Confederacy attacked a federal fort in South Carolina officially starting the Civil War in 1861.
- 12. Freedom and independence.
Down
- 1. Lincoln’s 1861 speech that stressed his desire to preserve the Union and the South cannot legally secede.
- 5. Volume of money printed increases = Prices increase = loss of value of currency. (money becomes
- 7. Union victory in the Mississippi River Valley that split the Confederacy from east to west.
- 8. Time period after the Civil War (1865- 1877) in which the U.S. government readmitted the Confederate States and tried to fix the South.
- 10. the Unions plan to strangle the South economically and militarily by taking over the Mississippi River and blockading Southern ports.