SS8H6 Civil War and Reconstruction

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Across
  1. 3. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union
  2. 5. Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia
  3. 6. ended slavery in the United States.
  4. 8. election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency
  5. 9. Reconstruction period where Congress took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union.
  6. 10. gave African-American men the right to vote
  7. 12. gave African-Americans United States citizenship.
  8. 14. Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River
  9. 15. infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp.
Down
  1. 1. private Southern ships that attempted to “break” the Union blockade
  2. 2. document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union
  3. 4. sixty-nine African-Americans served as delegates to Georgia’s constitutional convention or served
  4. 7. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States
  5. 11. the act of making legally null and void
  6. 13. the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important that that of the national government.