SS8H6 Civil War and Reconstruction

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