Terms Of The Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  2. 3. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  3. 4. - A term used to describe people who supported the Un
  4. 9. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  5. 10. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  6. 11. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  7. 12. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  8. 14. - A nickname for the South.
Down
  1. 1. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  2. 5. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  3. 6. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  4. 7. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  5. 8. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  6. 10. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  7. 13. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.