Across
- 4. In this term it means attacking another place. So for example the eastern offensive was tried by the union to push towards Richmond and offensive means attacking a certain area.
- 6. was a pre civil war event where John Brown led a raid on the town with escaped slaves. He tried to do an uprising and failed but he died as a martyr after he got hung.
- 7. was an event led by General Sherman. This march was from Atlanta georgia to Savannah,Georgia were they destroyed all of the land and was just doing total war.
- 10. was referencing the one earlier introduced by general scott to cut off the south's trade with the world in thus causing the south's economy to completely self destruct
- 12. was post civil war America were people tried to rebuild and reunite after the war in an effort to save what was left of America and rebuild the missing parts.
- 14. is man in the army who gives out supplies
- 16. completely severed the south's global trade and was a big effect on the war. A lot of the world depended on cotton at the time and the south was the major producer but since they were cut off they couldn’t make nearly as much money and this gave the north a severe advantage.
- 17. was important to the civil war because he was the south’s president and led them. He was a good president for the young union but still had a big impact on the war
- 21. another major pre civil war event. But these 2 were presidential candidates that argued the moral issue of slavery.
- 23. was what the confederate soldiers called the union ones often which is interesting because the south wanted freedom.
- 24. is a fort located in the Carolina’s this was also the site of the first battle of the civil war. Fort Sumter is an island fort and got heavily bombarded by the south it was a northern loss.
Down
- 1. is a state that was formed during the civil war because one part of virginia wanted to be free of slavery so they split off from the rest of the state
- 2. was a major state for the war almost all of the war in the west was in this state including the famous battle of Shiloh mentioned earlier.
- 3. that you are a southerner that supports slavery. Like for example the army of the south was named the confederate army and they were known as the confederacy.
- 5. was passed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st 1863. This act freed all enslaved people and made them free this is also means that if the south won they could reverse this act.
- 8. is a small town in Pennsylvania and also the most important site of the war. Gettysburg was a major turning point in the war because if they lost that battle they would have lost the war.
- 9. one of the most important battles of the war happened in Mississippi were whoever gained the city gained the Mississippi river which was crucial in the end the union won the battle.
- 11. This act was passed pre civil war but in some cases this was seen as the start. But this act let the territories of Nebraska and Kansas vote on if they wanted slavery or not which led to bleeding kansas
- 13. one of the most famous union generals in the time he was a very good war general and president and helped the union greatly win the war with his tactics.
- 15. happened in the battle of gettysburg where the south general Pickett lead a charge at the union forces and had major casualties for the south and was the main reason the union won the battle of gettysburg
- 18. was a major battle in the civil war that occured in Tennessee were the union army was surprised by the south army and lost a lot of men in this surprise attack
- 19. was connected to the civil war because it was a major battle in the war and it was also the bloodiest battle in the entire war and a battle fought on American soil. The battle happened in Sharpsburg, Maryland and was a very important battle of the war.
- 20. were a pivotal invention right before the civil war. This was a new form of naval combat and made it so that they could fight in protection and behind iron.
- 22. was instituted by the union and confederacy. It automatically entered every young man in the country and they could be bought out and then shipped out to war for both sides and eventually free black men were also drafted