The American Civil War

4. A name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Reconstruction in the South.
6. An addition to the Constitution that granted African American men the right to vote.
8. An addition to the Constitution that abolished slavery.
10. What did the Union need to control in order to take control of the western Confederate states?
11. A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.
14. A warship equipped with iron plating for protection.
15. A period of time following the Civil War in which the North and South tried to rebuild economically and socially.
17. A system of selecting people for required military service.
18. What caused the death of many soldiers even before they got onto the battlefield?
20. A Union plan in which they would surround the South and cut off all supply lines in or out.
21. The union soldiers were also known as what?
22. A system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop.
23. Law requiring separation of African Americans and whites in public places.

1. A state located between the North and the South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
2. A strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military.
3. To unite, or to blend into a united whole.
5. To formally join a military force.
7. A decree freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on Jan. 1, 1863.
9. Which side had a larger population and more resources?
12. Where did a majority of the battles take place?
13. A Northern white who moved to the South after the war.
16. Captured during battle, these men lived in terrible conditions with their enemy standing guard.
19. Which side had better military leaders and knew the landscape best?
24. The confederates were also known as what?