Chapter 15 Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. At first, the state of Kentucky considered itself _________ by not favoring any sides.
  2. 4. Who was the General who won the war for the Union and later became the 18th President of the United States?
  3. 5. Something or someone of higher rank, status, or quality is ______.
  4. 8. Military troops were needed for the war, so each side established a _____ that required individuals to serve in the military.
  5. 10. A military action to prevent traffic from coming into or leaving a specific area is known as ______.
  6. 11. _____ an attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until people inside surrender.
  7. 12. Warships covered with protective iron plates were called ______.
  8. 14. Proclamation The act Lincoln took to free enslaved African Americans was known as _____________.
  9. 15. Lincoln wrote a letter to this individual ________, who was an abolitionist newspaper publisher, stating, “if he could restore the union without emancipation, he would”.
  10. 17. What is the military term for persons killed, wounded, or missing in action?
  11. 18. To pay for the Civil War, Congress issued this type of tax ______, where individuals must pay a portion of their income to the government.
  12. 19. States Slave states that did not secede during the Civil War were known as _____
  13. 20. Corpus A constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment that both Lincoln and Davis suspended during the Civil War was known as ______
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  1. 1. What is the word for strengthening by additional assistance, material, or support?
  2. 3. To pay for the war, the Union decided to print 400 million dollars, which caused an _____, where the value of money decreases, and prices begin to increase.
  3. 6. To meet unexpectedly or to experience is to _______.
  4. 7. Willam Tecumseh Sherman was a tough soldier who believed in _________ or all-out attacks aimed to destroy an enemy’s army, resources, and people’s will to fight.
  5. 9. A type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended.
  6. 13. The action that states took to leave the government because of legal disagreement over slavery.
  7. 16. What is the word for what is beyond expected or to be greater than what was planned?